Presidential Hair

The Academy of Natural Sciences will show the locks of five American Presidents over the President's Day Weekend, February 15, 16 and 17. These locks, from the Peter Browne Collection of Pile, Archives Collection 756, are part of a 12-volume set of "pile" (hair, wool, and bristles) that includes famous people, various races (Africans, American Indians, Hawaiians, Chinese, etc.), and animals of all kinds.

The five Presidents whose locks will be on view are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Franklin Pierce.

Eileen C. Mathias
Information Services Librarian, Archivist, &
Coordinator, Albert M Greenfield Digital
Imaging Center for Collections
Ewell Sale Stewart Library
The Academy of Natural Sciences
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Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-299-1140
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mathias@ansp.org