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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7 responses so far ↓
1 Jay // Feb 13, 2008 at 11:56 am
These are fascinating. Where did you find them? And are there more?
2 admin // Feb 13, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Thought I had left the link where I found them, but looks like I forgot, it’s added now!
3 Brent // Feb 21, 2008 at 12:01 am
Babe Ruth employed: Fenway Park. Awesome.
4 Ryan // Feb 27, 2008 at 8:01 am
Harry Handcuff Houdini?
5 Kate // Apr 12, 2008 at 2:16 pm
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.
6 bostongeorge // Apr 22, 2008 at 12:49 pm
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.
7 kendall // Apr 30, 2008 at 5:07 pm
this is a very cool post
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