Adam Goodheart’s online essay on the beginning of Abraham Lincoln’s beard makes worthy reading.
Very first photo of president-elect Abraham Lincoln with a beard, November 25, 1860. Lincoln was photographed in Chicago by Samuel G. Alschuler. Library of Congress photo, via New York Times
Goodheart points to the first photo of Lincoln’s beard, made November 25, 1860, exactly 150 years ago, today.
[...] other day was the 150th anniversary of the first picture of Abraham Lincoln with a beard. The New York Times thought that this was news that matters. [...]