Comments on: World War I Draft Cards http://www.jeffreyclarke.net/blog/2008/07/world-war-i-draft-cards/ Dorky. And also True. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jeff http://www.jeffreyclarke.net/blog/2008/07/world-war-i-draft-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Jeff Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:23:21 +0000 http://www.jeffreyclarke.net/blog/?p=212#comment-19 yikes! wow. those were some different times, I guess... yikes!

wow.

those were some different times, I guess…

]]> By: Ben http://www.jeffreyclarke.net/blog/2008/07/world-war-i-draft-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Ben Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:57:52 +0000 http://www.jeffreyclarke.net/blog/?p=212#comment-18 That is really, really interesting. Check this out. What's up with the "If this person is of African descent, tear off this corner" instruction at the bottom left of the card, here: http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/larger-image.html?i=/southeast/wwi-draft/images/eliot-l.jpg&c=/southeast/wwi-draft/images/eliot.caption.html ???? Best, Ben That is really, really interesting.

Check this out. What’s up with the “If this person is of African descent, tear off this corner” instruction at the bottom left of the card, here:

http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/larger-image.html?i=/southeast/wwi-draft/images/eliot-l.jpg&c=/southeast/wwi-draft/images/eliot.caption.html

????

Best,

Ben

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