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Selective Service draft lottery drawing, 1969 US photograph: On 1 December 1969 the Selective Service System held the draft

Selective Service draft lottery drawing (Washington, 1 December 1969)

On 1 December 1969 the Selective Service System held the draft lottery its 2009 annual report describes: 365 capsules, one for each birth date. Its teachers guide says that lottery set the order in which men would be called, and the Library of Congress names Representative Alexander Pirnie at the bowl and Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey beside him.

Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

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Date
December 1, 1969
Period
Cold War
Made by
Selective Service System (draft lottery; photograph by Marion S. Trikosko for U.S. News & World Report)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Photograph
Issuer type
State
Regime
Nixon Administration
Leader
Richard Nixon
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Mobilize or secure compliance
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, U.S. News & World Report. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ds-01312.

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

SELECTIVE SERVICE
1970

The year line on the sign reads as 1970. Capsule numbers are not transcribed.

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