White-painted wooden sign with the hand-painted inscription, "VERMONT SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM", in black. The sign is within a black-painted frame.
Acquisition
Accession
1992.79
Source or Donor
Pinkham, David C.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Date made
1950
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Sign
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Visual Communication Devices
Nomenclature Class
Visual Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
19-3/4 in
Depth
3 in
Length
37-3/4 in
Material
Wood
Relationships
Related Places
Place
City
Montpelier
County
Washington County
State/Province
Vermont
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Interpretative Labels
Label
The Selective Service is the part of the federal government that is responsible for registering and keeping track of males eligible to be drafted for military service. First cretaed in 1917 during WWI, Selective Service laws have been changed and modified depending on the needs of the military, This sign hung at the Selective Service office in Montpelier from the early 1950s until the office closed in the 1980s.
