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Presidential hair goes on display

His crowning glory, George Washington's hair was a fine, youthful light brown. One can imagine him running his hand through it admiringly in front of a mirror, De Niro style, his dowdy white wig cast aside and his true macho, army general colors shining through:

A hair sample from Franklin Pierce, the 14th president, a distant relative of the 43d chief executive, George W. Bush.
A hair sample from Franklin Pierce, the 14th president, a distant relative of the 43d chief executive, George W. Bush.Read moreMICHAEL S. WIRTZ / Inquirer Staff Photographer