- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Blindfolded U.S. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, drawing numbers from bowl in the 1917 draft lottery, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., July 21, 1917.
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1917-07-21
- Subject:
- Draft
World War (1914-1918)
Draft registration - People:
- Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937
- Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Newspaper caption attached to print verso: "Draft Lottery: When Secretary of War Newton D. Baker drew numbers from a glass bowl for the 1917 draft, the nation was already at war. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson repeated the scene in 1940, but this time Uncle Sam was taking no chances. Many thousands of draftees were trained troops by the time the U.S. became involved in the war." Photograph has been cropped, eliminating figures.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/927
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:927/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP552-046a, Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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