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World War I Draft Cards Of Notable People

February 12th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Historical

1. Harry Houdini

“Weak Left Hand”

Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini Back

Babe Ruth

“Present Occupation: Base Ball”

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Back

2. T.S. Eliot

Eliot claimed exemption from the draft because of “dependent wife”

TS Eliot

TS Eliot Back

3. Al Capone

“Occupation: Paper Cutter”

Al Capone

Al Capone Back

4. J.C. Penney

“Employed: Self (Mercantile)”

JC Penney

JC Penney 2

5. Groucho Marx

Marx listed dependents as “mother, father, grandfather (partial)”

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx Back

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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