This Jewelry Contains the Hair of Abraham Lincoln

The surgeon took the blood-stained locks from the dead president's head.

Vintage & Historical
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Colton Kruse
Colton Kruse
This Jewelry Contains the Hair of Abraham Lincoln
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Colton Kruse

Colton Kruse

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