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Locks of hair
07-02-2015, 12:15 AM
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(07-01-2015 10:09 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  
(06-29-2015 03:56 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  There is a lock of Lincoln's hair in the Plymouth Historical Museum here in Michigan. I once asked a mortician about the hair because it looked like it had lost much of its black color. He said that was normal- that the color of hair taken from the deceased will eventually fade. From the pictures above it appears that JWB's hair has not changed.

I was going to make the same comment. Every one of Lincoln's contemporaries described his hair as black, yet all the locks and snippets I have seen appear to be a deep dark brown instead. Thanks for the explanation from the mortician!
I've rarely (if ever) seen real (and natural) black hair, it always turned out to be very deep dark brown.
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Locks of hair - Maykeith - 06-28-2015, 08:48 PM
RE: Locks of hair - SSlater - 06-28-2015, 09:20 PM
RE: Locks of hair - RJNorton - 06-29-2015, 04:02 AM
RE: Locks of hair - BettyO - 06-29-2015, 04:42 AM
RE: Locks of hair - SSlater - 06-29-2015, 03:26 PM
RE: Locks of hair - Wild Bill - 06-29-2015, 09:38 AM
RE: Locks of hair - L Verge - 06-29-2015, 12:56 PM
RE: Locks of hair - LincolnMan - 06-29-2015, 03:56 PM
RE: Locks of hair - LincolnToddFan - 07-01-2015, 10:09 PM
RE: Locks of hair - Eva Elisabeth - 07-02-2015 12:15 AM
RE: Locks of hair - L Verge - 07-02-2015, 11:28 AM
RE: Locks of hair - Susan Higginbotham - 07-02-2015, 11:31 AM
RE: Locks of hair - BettyO - 06-29-2015, 04:31 PM
RE: Locks of hair - L Verge - 06-29-2015, 05:44 PM
RE: Locks of hair - Houmes - 06-30-2015, 07:25 AM
RE: Locks of hair - BettyO - 06-29-2015, 05:55 PM
RE: Locks of hair - L Verge - 06-29-2015, 06:25 PM
RE: Locks of hair - Maykeith - 06-29-2015, 07:49 PM
RE: Locks of hair - Eva Elisabeth - 06-29-2015, 11:48 PM
RE: Locks of hair - L Verge - 06-30-2015, 10:39 AM
RE: Locks of hair - Eva Elisabeth - 07-01-2015, 05:24 PM
RE: Locks of hair - Rsmyth - 07-01-2015, 10:23 AM
RE: Locks of hair - Jim Garrett - 07-01-2015, 10:55 AM
RE: Locks of hair - hair collector guy - 03-31-2017, 08:43 AM
RE: Locks of hair - L Verge - 07-01-2015, 11:30 AM
RE: Locks of hair - RJNorton - 07-01-2015, 01:14 PM
RE: Locks of hair - RJNorton - 07-01-2015, 04:11 PM
RE: Locks of hair - BettyO - 07-01-2015, 05:27 PM
RE: Locks of hair - HerbS - 07-02-2015, 06:39 AM
RE: Locks of hair - Carolyn Mitchell - 08-20-2015, 01:29 PM
RE: Locks of hair - L Verge - 08-20-2015, 01:43 PM
RE: Locks of hair - BettyO - 08-21-2015, 11:50 AM
RE: Locks of hair - Carolyn Mitchell - 08-21-2015, 04:15 PM
RE: Locks of hair - HerbS - 08-21-2015, 05:32 PM
RE: Locks of hair - RJNorton - 08-22-2015, 04:54 AM
RE: Locks of hair - Eva Elisabeth - 08-22-2015, 05:09 AM
RE: Locks of hair - HerbS - 08-22-2015, 06:56 AM
RE: Locks of hair - DanielC - 09-01-2015, 02:24 AM
RE: Locks of hair - BettyO - 09-01-2015, 04:34 AM
RE: Locks of hair - hair collector guy - 03-29-2017, 06:02 PM
RE: Locks of hair - RJNorton - 03-30-2017, 04:12 AM
RE: Locks of hair - hair collector guy - 03-30-2017, 08:48 AM
RE: Locks of hair - RJNorton - 03-30-2017, 02:16 PM

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