Locks of hair

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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.

I believe I read or was told years ago that there is no such thing as real black hair or black eyes -- except for those women (and now men) who get bad dye-jobs and men and women who get their "lights punched out!"