Forensic Research Archive of Manipulation and Exploitation
Anti-draft demonstration at Selective Service headquarters, 1970 US photograph: On 19 March 1970, outside Selective Service

Anti-draft demonstration at Selective Service headquarters (Washington, 19 March 1970)

On 19 March 1970, outside Selective Service headquarters, a man holds a small object the Library of Congress title identifies as a burning draft card. The card is not legible in the scan. This photograph is the protest. The 1 December 1969 drawing that set call-up order is a separate Selective Service record.

Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

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Date
March 19, 1970
Period
Cold War
Made by
Participant at an anti-draft demonstration, Selective Service System headquarters (photograph by Marion S. Trikosko or Thomas J. O'Halloran for U.S. News & World Report)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Photograph
Issuer type
Movement
Regime
Nixon Administration
Leader
Richard Nixon
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Theme
War and the military
Event
Vietnam War
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Library of Congress, retrieved October 5, 2026
Rights
Public domain (U.S. News staff photo; LoC: no known restrictions)
Marion S. Trikosko or Thomas J. O'Halloran, U.S. News & World Report. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ds-07266.

Text on the object

Checked for printed text

No legible words. The helmet carries a drawn peace symbol. The small object in the man's hands is [illegible].

Checked against the scan. The Library title supplies the draft-card identification; it is not read from lettering in the frame.

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