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January 15, 2015

Hair of the Presidents

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Varden presented his first hair display at the Patent Office in 1853, assembled from donations that he personally solicited, purchased, or may have repurposed from existing collections.
The presidential locks are now missing from the 1853 collection; Varden moved them to a separate display in 1855. The remaining “Persons of Distinction” include Samuel F. B. Morse, sculptor Clark Mills, Generals Winfield Scott and Sam Houston, Senators Henry Clay and Jefferson Davis, and other luminaries. Varden’s inscription makes a public appeal: “Those having hair of Distinguished Persons, will confere [sic] a Favor by adding to this Collection.” The 1855 display features the hair of presidents from George Washington to Franklin Pierce.
John Varden’s Washington Museum

Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 15, 2015 11:11 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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I would venture to say that any of the presidential hair samples in this collection is smarter than the current occupant of 1600.

Posted by: Aye Chihuahua [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 15, 2015 10:02 AM

Maybe they can extract the DNA from George Washington's hair and clone us a new president.

Posted by: ahem [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 16, 2015 5:57 AM

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