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Shopper discovers 'beautiful' artifact hidden among thrift store items: 'I love this'

Fellow Reddit users were impressed. Shopper discovers 'beautiful' artifact hidden among thrift store items: 'I love this' first appeared on The Cool Down.
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Victorian art and love tokens created from an unexpected source: hair

Along with the Roman goddess of marriage, Juno, Valentine’s Day honors the Christian martyr St. Valentine. Persecuted by the Roman Emperor in A.D. 273, St. Valentine enjoys a legacy that has been ...
The Southern Illinoisan

Victorian hair wreaths and jewelry at University Museum

CARBONDALE -- University Museum will feature a most unusual collection of Victorian hair art collected by Charles and Frances Swedlund of Cobden, when the museum opens for the spring semester on Jan.
The Examiner

SJ's City Cash has a collection of Victorian hair jewellery

Carrying around a locket of a loved one's hair is seen as a romantic gesture, but hair jewellery was far more meaningful in Victorian times.
Statesman Journal

Heritage: Salem woman helped support herself making jewelry from human hair — a Victorian fad

I love city directories. Like phone books before there were phones, these alphabetical listings of people living within the city are treasure troves of historical information. One particular ...
Centre Daily Times

Valentines from the head and heart

With values in the $1,000 to $5,000 range, framed Victorian hair pictures grew from loving pictures to fine memorials. Photo provided Valentine’s Day falls on Feb. 14, and along with the Roman Goddess ...