国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 10月31日 03時43分

When a U.S. president dies, what do we save? Well, in this case, pieces of hair. Colonel A. F. Rockwell, was at the bedside of both President Abraham Lincoln and President James Garfield when they died from assassins' bullets. He cut the lock of Garfield's hair on this card, which was later combined with samples of hair from President Franklin Pierce and President Rutherford Hayes. ?‍♂️?? The Hayes strands were cut in 1878 and sent directly in a White House envelope to Spencer Baird, the second secretary of the Smithsonian. The three hair samples were placed on a card together at an unknown date. ?

Saving hair was fairly common in the past, an expression of Victorian ideals of sentimentality. It seems odd (and a little creepy) to us now, but people would exchange hair with friends, keep it as mementos of deceased loved ones, weave it into jewelry, or display it as a souvenir. ?

See more souvenirs of the deaths of U.S. Presidents on our blog, including a chunk of President George Washington's coffin: s.si.edu/pres-souvenirs (Link in blog.) ?? #FirstFamily #Mourning #RestInPeace #NeverForgotten #ForeverMissed #AmericanHistory #PresidentialHistory #WhiteHouseHistory #POTUShistory #MourningTraditions #APUSHhistory #MaterialCulture #Funeral #FuneralTraditions #Ephemera #PresidentialHair

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