World War I Draft Cards of Celebrities

By Alex in Weapons & War on Feb 21, 2008 at 6:54 pm

All males in the United States born between 1872 and 1900 were required by law to register for the draft. Out of the 24 million World War I Draft Registration Cards, here are 50 of the most famous, infamous, and interesting, as compiled by the National Archives: Link – via Boing Boing

This one above is the draft card of Harry Houdini, who signed his middle name as "Handcuff"!


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  1. Chad Cloman
    Feb 21st, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    The one for Babe Ruth has this in the bottom, left corner: “If person is of African descent, tear off this corner”.

    How the times have changed.

  2. Sofar
    Feb 22nd, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    Man, did everyone have really neat script back then?


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