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Beards

Facial hair on the chin, upper lip, cheeks and neck

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  • [Undated, illustrated (cutting? leaflet?) about bearded Annie Jones-Elliot, "The Esau Lady"].
  • Julianne Sleebus, a woman with a large beard. Process print, 190-.
  • Designs showing the lower half of the face in various physiognomies and actions. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • A bearded elderly man, carrying a prayer wheel and a rosary, in a studio setting.
  • A bearded dandy admiring the ladies through his monocle on 'Buffers Walk' in the public gardens. Coloured wood engraving by W.H. Harrison.
  • Wonderland Whitechapel Road (next St. Mary's Station) ... Whit Monday May 25th and during the week : Great attractions entire change ... Rabbi Joselman ... Mr. A. Broadhurst the surprise of the Chicago exhibition, with a beard over 7 feet long and a moustache 3 feet in length : Wonderful living freak of nature, the armless Midget Lady stands only 32 inches in height, born without hands or arms, and goes through a marvellous performance with her feet ...
  • An Indian man wearing many beads, and carrying a begging bowl and an umbrella, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
  • The Nic-nac; or, Literary cabinet. No.158, Saturday, January 7, 1826. Vol. IV. Beards.
  • Opening of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel: a group of soldiers with false moustaches and beards stand with swords, a mace and a furled flag. Wood engraving by C.J.B. (?) after R. Linklater, 1871.
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    The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America / by William T. Hornaday ... illustrated by 227 original drawings by Beard, Rungius, Sawyer, and others, 116 photographs, chiefly by Sanborn, Keller and Underwood, and numerous charts and maps.

    William Temple Hornaday | Date: 1904

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