World War I Draft Cards Of Notable People
February 12, 2008
1. Harry Houdini
“Weak Left Hand”
Babe Ruth
“Present Occupation: Base Ball”
2. T.S. Eliot
Eliot claimed exemption from the draft because of “dependent wife”
3. Al Capone
“Occupation: Paper Cutter”
4. J.C. Penney
“Employed: Self (Mercantile)”
5. Groucho Marx
Marx listed dependents as “mother, father, grandfather (partial)”
Many more at The National Archives.
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These are fascinating. Where did you find them? And are there more?
Thought I had left the link where I found them, but looks like I forgot, it’s added now!
Babe Ruth employed: Fenway Park. Awesome.
Harry Handcuff Houdini?
The Houdini one is a fake…his real name was Erik Weisz, but it was changed to Ehrich Weiss when he immigrated to the U.S.
hmm babe ruth is the same height and build as me…and he lived a mile from my house…
weird how i used to get called that in peewee/minors0/middle school because i am a george that would get home runs for the team…and i turned out to be the same dimensions…
this is a cool post.
this is a very cool post
Groucho had lovely penmanship.
the JC Penney one is definitely fake too.