Description: Rare evidence // two matching images held in the L.O.C. archives. Appear to document the 1917 & 1918 drafts. Miss W. Welborn of Atlanta GA poses w/ the fishbowl like an advertisement, in another photo the Secretary of War Newton D. Baker looks on as General Peyton Marsh (Chief of Staff) pulls draft numbers from the same fishbowl wearing a frilly sleep mask as blindfold. Considering 4.7 MILLION American lives were forever changed by their service in the Great War including over 110K lives lost, this game show like staging is simply put - preposterous. Uneven trims on heavy photo card stock measure approximately 6 x 8.5" in all cases. There is an intentional scratch out / exclusion in one negative (presumably for press reasons), gloss cracks, smudges to margins, edge & corner chips.
Price: 1500 USD
Location: Irwin, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-12-19T14:57:47.000Z
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Type: Photograph
Theme: Americana, Community Life, Conflicts & Wars, Continents & Countries, Cultures & Ethnicities, Domestic & Family Life, History, Law Enforcement, Militaria, Patriotic, People, Politics, Portrait, Social History, Working Life
Subject: Military, Social History, WWI, History, Americana
