A tragedy of the draft - Drawing. Public domain image.
(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, July 22, 1917.
Candidates from the exempt brigade, Political Cartoon
A grim commentary on the extraordinary measures taken by some Americans to evade military service during the Civil War. A man in shirtsleeves (center) has just had his right hand mutilated by a woman who stands... More
Volunteering down Dixie, Confederate States of America.
A satire on Southern recruitment efforts during the early part of the Civil War. In a scene before a Confederate encampment, a reluctant civilian (center) is presented with a musket and military coat by two vet... More
![To starred or badged single men or single men in reserved occupations. Have you attested under the group system? [...] Attest now](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTAvdG8tc3RhcnJlZC1vci1iYWRnZWQtc2luZ2xlLW1lbi1vci1zaW5nbGUtbWVuLWluLXJlc2VydmVkLW9jY3VwYXRpb25zLWhhdmUtZDYyYmZlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "To starred or badged single men or single men in reserved occupations. Have you attested under the group system? [...] Attest now")
To starred or badged single men or single men in reserved occupations....
Poster is text only, explaining at length revised rules for recruiting, enlistment, and exemption. Poster no. 162. Wt. W. 17,193/786.
The Chicago platform and candidate, Confederate States of America.
McClellan was branded a hypocrite by many critics who saw his public stance on the war issue as ambiguous and deceptive. Nominated because of his military record, he nevertheless ran on a peace platform, writte... More
Leaders of the Democratic Party, Confederate States of America.
A searing, election-year indictment of four prominent figures in the Democratic party, three of them former Confederate officers. Former New York governor and Democratic presidential nominee Horatio Seymour is... More
Wanted a substitute. American Civil War 1861-1865.
An illustrated sheet music cover, which protests the inequities of the draft or proscription system enacted under the Enrollment Act of 1863. The act allowed drafted men to purchase an exemption or to furnish a... More
Conscription H. J. Glintenkamp - Public domain drawing
Editorial cartoon shows two men, labeled "labor" and "youth," and one woman, labeled "democracy," chained to a cannon as a woman and baby suffer. Illus. in: The Masses, a monthly magazine devoted to the intere... More
Young man wearing helmet with peace sign, burns his draft card at an a...
Title devised by Library staff from related contact sheet folder caption. Photograph taken either by Marion S. Trisoko or Thomas J. O'Halloran. Contact sheet folder not on shelf (6/5/2015). Date from related c... More
Military Service Act 1916 / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow,...
Poster is text only. Poster no. 151. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Military service act, 1916 [...] Attest now](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvbWlsaXRhcnktc2VydmljZS1hY3QtMTkxNi1hdHRlc3Qtbm93LTcxOTMzMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "Military service act, 1916 [...] Attest now")
Military service act, 1916 [...] Attest now
Poster is text only, explaining the draft system. Poster no. 159. Wt. W. 17147/783.
![The Civil War in America: claiming exemption from the draught [i.e., draft] in New York](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjEvdGhlLWNpdmlsLXdhci1pbi1hbWVyaWNhLWNsYWltaW5nLWV4ZW1wdGlvbi1mcm9tLXRoZS1kcmF1Z2h0LWllLWRyYWZ0LWluLW5ldy1lZDUwMzctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "The Civil War in America: claiming exemption from the draught [i.e., draft] in New York")
The Civil War in America: claiming exemption from the draught [i.e., d...
Men in room seeking exemption from being drafted into the military. Illus. from: The Illustrated London news, 1863 Jan. 3, p. 28.
War views. No. 2042, Bounty brokers looking out for substitutes
Stereograph shows a group of men standing next to a sign offering a "Bounty" of "$500! Prize Money!" in front of a recruitment office for the U.S. Navy; they are looking for men to enlist in the navy for the bo... More
Fighting in France for Freedom! Are you helping at home?
Poster showing civilian detainees, accused of failure to carry registration cards, standing in a truck. Text continues: Don't be caught napping. Every man registered under the Selected Service Law must carry hi... More
Whose side are you on, theirs or Nixon's? Bring all the GIs home now! ...
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Young men who have been drafted wait in line to be processed into the ...
Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 17420, frame 12A. On photo instruc... More
![[Curtis W. Tarr, director of the Selective Service System, turns the drum containing capsules of draft numbers at the annual draft lottery, Commerce Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.] / TOH.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvY3VydGlzLXctdGFyci1kaXJlY3Rvci1vZi10aGUtc2VsZWN0aXZlLXNlcnZpY2Utc3lzdGVtLXR1cm5zLXRoZS1kcnVtLWNvbnRhaW5pbmctMTAxYWM1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/58/webp "[Curtis W. Tarr, director of the Selective Service System, turns the drum containing capsules of draft numbers at the annual draft lottery, Commerce Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.] / TOH.")
[Curtis W. Tarr, director of the Selective Service System, turns the d...
Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 25417, frame 15A. Contact sheet fo... More
Fighting in France for Freedom! Are you helping at home?
Poster showing civilian detainees, accused of failure to carry registration cards, standing in a truck.
Frank Sinatra signs his induction papers while Chief Clerk Mrs. Mae E....
NYWT&S staff photo. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
![[Congressman Alexander Pirnie reaching into a container of draft numbers (center) as others look on, including retiring Selective Service Director Lt. General Lewis Blaine Hershey (left) and Deputy Director Col. Daniel O. Omer (right) at the Selective Service Headquarters during the nationwide draft lottery] / MST.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvY29uZ3Jlc3NtYW4tYWxleGFuZGVyLXBpcm5pZS1yZWFjaGluZy1pbnRvLWEtY29udGFpbmVyLW9mLWRyYWZ0LW51bWJlcnMtY2VudGVyLTNkNTJhZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Congressman Alexander Pirnie reaching into a container of draft numbers (center) as others look on, including retiring Selective Service Director Lt. General Lewis Blaine Hershey (left) and Deputy Director Col. Daniel O. Omer (right) at the Selective Service Headquarters during the nationwide draft lottery] / MST.")
[Congressman Alexander Pirnie reaching into a container of draft numbe...
Contact sheet folder caption: "Nationwide Draft Lottery: Selective Service Headquarters. 9-10a, Center, Rep. Alexander Pirnie (R-NY), Left, Retiring Selective Service Director Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. Right,... More
Wanted a substitute - Public domain print
An illustrated sheet music cover, which protests the inequities of the draft or proscription system enacted under the Enrollment Act of 1863. The act allowed drafted men to purchase an exemption or to furnish a... More
The voluntary manner in which some of the Southern volunteers enlist /...
A facetious view of the Confederate states' early efforts to man a volunteer army during the Civil War. The interior of an enlistment center is shown, where a ragged recruit enters from the left at bayonet poin... More
The Chicago platform / Th. Nast., Confederate States of America.
A deceptive broadside, ostensibly a pro-McClellan campaign piece but actually a piercing attack on the Democratic platform. In the center is a portrait of Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan... More
![The military service act, 1916 [...] Do not wait until March 2nd. Enlist voluntarily now / The Abbey Press, Westminster, S.W.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvdGhlLW1pbGl0YXJ5LXNlcnZpY2UtYWN0LTE5MTYtZG8tbm90LXdhaXQtdW50aWwtbWFyY2gtMm5kLWVubGlzdC12b2x1bnRhcmlseS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "The military service act, 1916 [...] Do not wait until March 2nd. Enlist voluntarily now / The Abbey Press, Westminster, S.W.")
The military service act, 1916 [...] Do not wait until March 2nd. Enli...
Public domain photograph related to Great Britain in World War One, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?
Poster showing German officers interrogating a British captive. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Curtis W. Tarr, director of the Selective Service System, turns the drum containing capsules of draft numbers at the annual draft lottery, Commerce Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.] / TOH.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvY3VydGlzLXctdGFyci1kaXJlY3Rvci1vZi10aGUtc2VsZWN0aXZlLXNlcnZpY2Utc3lzdGVtLXR1cm5zLXRoZS1kcnVtLWNvbnRhaW5pbmctNTJlMTYxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/59/webp "[Curtis W. Tarr, director of the Selective Service System, turns the drum containing capsules of draft numbers at the annual draft lottery, Commerce Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.] / TOH.")
[Curtis W. Tarr, director of the Selective Service System, turns the d...
Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 25417, frame 14A. Contact sheet fo... More
Breaking that "backbone", Confederate States of America.
A figurative commentary on Northern efforts to end the rebellion during the early years of the Civil War. Confederate President Jefferson Davis (far left) displays "the Great Southern Gyascutis," a dog-like mon... More
Southern "volunteers", Confederate States of America.
The print may have appeared soon after the Confederate Congress passed a national conscription act on April 16, 1862, to strengthen its dwindling army of volunteers. The artist characterizes regular Confederat... More
The meeting of the friends, City Hall Park
New York governor Horatio Seymour's famous "My Friends" speech, delivered from the steps of New York's City Hall during the draft riots, was widely misrepresented in the press. On the basis of reports such as t... More
The grave of the union. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War views. No. 2041, Bounty brokers looking out for substitutes
Stereograph shows a line of men standing outside a recruitment office looking for men to enlist in the army for the bonuses offered by local, state, or federal agencies. (DLC/PP-2012:069.07)
Whose side are you on, theirs or Nixon's? Bring all the GIs home now! ...
Public domain photograph of Vietnam War, the 1960s, 1970s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Vice President Thomas R. Marshall drawing draft capsule]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvdmljZS1wcmVzaWRlbnQtdGhvbWFzLXItbWFyc2hhbGwtZHJhd2luZy1kcmFmdC1jYXBzdWxlLTA3ZjY1YS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Vice President Thomas R. Marshall drawing draft capsule]")
[Vice President Thomas R. Marshall drawing draft capsule]
J231426 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group of people, managers, directors, discussion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pic... More
Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?
Poster showing German officers interrogating a British captive. Text continues: Don't give information to the Kaiser or his agents. Bits of valuable information, picked up here and there from unthinking America... More
The Conscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Card number: "No. 424." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GG 2. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) ... More
The slackers finish, they preferred slavery to constription Norman Lin...
Print shows man wearing a helmet, whipping men rowing a boat. Possibly related to issue of British conscription during World War I. Norman Lindsay in Sydney Bulletin. In album titled "School Days Record", p. 6... More
Scene, Fifth Avenue wood engraving, Library of Congress
Cartoon shows a well-dressed man telling a woman "Ah! Dearest Addie! I've succeeded. I've got a substitute!" The woman, holding him at arms length, replies "Have you? What a curious coincidence! And I have foun... More
The Conscript - A couple of people standing next to each other
Card number: "No. 424." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GG 2. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) ... More
Scene, Fifth Avenue - A man and a woman standing next to each other
Cartoon shows a well-dressed man telling a woman "Ah! Dearest Addie! I've succeeded. I've got a substitute!" The woman, holding him at arms length, replies "Have you? What a curious coincidence! And I have foun... More
Local Board #17, last quota, 815 men, Nov. 11, 1918, L.A.
J232103 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 8651. Copyright deposit, Huddleston Photo Co., November 18, 1918. More information about the Panor... More
Young soldier who has just been drafted into the U.S. Army, getting hi...
Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 17420, frame 25. On photo instruct... More
New U.S. Army draft recruit getting his hair cut by a barber WKL
Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 17428, frame 25A. Contact sheet fo... More
The conscript - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Card number: "No. 424." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GG 3. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) ... More
The new era or the effects of a standing army
A condemnation of a Van Buren administration plan, put forward by Secretary of War Joel Poinsett, to reform the militia system through creation of a reserve force under regular army officers. The idea was attac... More
![At ddynion sengl wedi eu rhoddi dan seren neu arwydd neu ddynion sengl mewn galwedigaethau ar wahan. [...] Adystiwch yn awr](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvYXQtZGR5bmlvbi1zZW5nbC13ZWRpLWV1LXJob2RkaS1kYW4tc2VyZW4tbmV1LWFyd3lkZC1uZXUtZGR5bmlvbi1zZW5nbC1tZXduLWFhZGQ5Mi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "At ddynion sengl wedi eu rhoddi dan seren neu arwydd neu ddynion sengl mewn galwedigaethau ar wahan. [...] Adystiwch yn awr")
At ddynion sengl wedi eu rhoddi dan seren neu arwydd neu ddynion sengl...
Poster is text only, in Welsh, explaining at length revised rules for recruiting, enlistment, and exemption. Poster no. 163. Wt. W. 17398/788. For same poster in English, see POS - WWI - Gt Brit, no. 126.
Somewhere in Fort Sheridan - Drawing. Public domain image.
(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, May 19, 1917.
Young soldiers who have just been drafted stand in rows front of a man...
Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet folder not on shelf (6/8/2011). Date from related contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: US... More
The conscript - A couple of people standing next to each other
Card number: "No. 424." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GG 3. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) ... More
The Chicago platform and candidate, Confederate States of America.
McClellan was branded a hypocrite by many critics who saw his public stance on the war issue as ambiguous and deceptive. Nominated because of his military record, he nevertheless ran on a peace platform, writte... More