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Hair albums

lock of braided hair taped into a book, courtesy of University Archives

In the Victorian era, it was common for friends to exchange locks of hair as tokens of remembrance. Young women would keep these intricately braided hair pieces in scrapbooks and include such details as the person's name, age and, perhaps, a short poem. 

To see more of the collections, visit Lemmen Library and Archives.

(Courtesy of Lemmen Library and Archives) 

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