Print, Photographic

1948.217.0171

1948.217.0171

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1948.217.0171

Description

World War I draftees, July 24, 1918. Top row: Left to right: Wesley Widner, Anthony Sealzitti, William Griffiths, Robert E. McCoy, James Buchanan Gass, Jose Luccio and William Howell. Bottom row: Left to right: Ernest Charniske, Thomas Jefferson Stevens, John Juhta, Fretty Emil Nelson, Glen Tschudy. Update - May 2010: Black & white glossy contact print. Image shows a group of five men sitting in chairs in a horizontal row in front of a group of seven men standing in a horizontal row behind them. Most of the men have a white rectangular ribbon affixed to their left lapel. Written on back in pencil: WW #1 drafted July 24, 1918 #286 Stamped on back in blue ink: Frank J. Meyers, Photographer, Rawlins, Wyoming Good condition. Wrinkling & bends at many locations. Tape residue on back side edges with minor soiling. Note 2021: image in newspaper reports that they entrained for Fort Riley, July 15,1918. Article states "they were the last in Class 1, which is now exhausted."

Collection

Photograph Collection