Photo, Print, Drawing Secretary of War Stimson being blindfolded before selecting the first capsule in the U.S. draft lottery Oct. 29, 1940, at Washington, D.C. President Roosevelt (left) watched the drawing made from the same "goldfish bowl" used in the 1917 draft. The first number drawn was 158.

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Title
- Secretary of War Stimson being blindfolded before selecting the first capsule in the U.S. draft lottery Oct. 29, 1940, at Washington, D.C. President Roosevelt (left) watched the drawing made from the same "goldfish bowl" used in the 1917 draft. The first number drawn was 158.
Summary
- Photograph shows President Roosevelt watching as an unidentified man blindfolds Stimson as he reaches in the container for the first capsule in the 1940 U.S. draft lottery.
Created / Published
- [1940]
Headings
- - Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano),--1882-1945
- - Stimson, Henry L.--(Henry Lewis),--1867-1950
- - World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Washington (D.C.)
- - Draft (Military service)--United States--1940
- - Government officials--United States--1940
Headings
- Photographic prints--1940.
Genre
- Photographic prints--1940
Notes
- - Title from item.
- - Image credited to "International," probably International New Photos, in Encyclopedia Britannica.
- - Published in: 10 eventful years; a record of events of the years preceding, including and following World War II, 1937 through 1946. Chicago : Encyclopædia Britannica, [1947], vol. 4, page 18.
- - Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Military section.
- - Annenberg batch 3
Medium
- 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 20 x 24 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- PRES FILE -- Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- Misc. Political Activity [item] [P&P]
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
- ppmsca 40893 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40893
- cph 3a36636 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a36636
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012648302
Reproduction Number
- LC-DIG-ppmsca-40893 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-36223 (b&w film copy neg.)
Rights Advisory
- Rights status not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions...," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html
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