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Group of WWI veterans at White House to appeal to the Pres. for release of fed. prisoners convicted of opposing the war - D. Loman, John J. Kelley, N.M. Holderman, Geo. H. Mallon, Clayton K. Stack, and Sam. Dreset – Vintage Print

Group of WWI veterans at White House to appeal to the Pres. for release of fed. prisoners convicted of opposing the war - D. Loman, John J. Kelley, N.M. Holderman, Geo. H. Mallon, Clayton K. Stack, and Sam. Dreset, 1921 Nov. 14. — historic photograph
Group of WWI veterans at White House to appeal to the Pres. for release of fed. prisoners convicted of opposing the war - D. Loman, John J. Kelley, N.M. Holderman, Geo. H. Mallon, Clayton K. Stack, and Sam. Dreset, 1921 Nov. 14.. Historic photograph from the White House collection.

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Step back in time with Group of WWI veterans at White House to appeal to the Pres. for release of fed. prisoners convicted of opposing the war - D. Loman, John J. Kelley, N.M. Holderman, Geo. H. Mallon, Clayton K. Stack, and Sam. Dreset, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Group of WWI veterans at White House to appeal to the Pres. for release of fed. prisoners convicted of opposing the war - D. Loman, John J. Kelley, N.M. Holderman, Geo. H. Mallon, Clayton K. Stack, and Sam. Dreset

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Six men, identified in the caption as veterans of the First World War, posed before the White House on November 14, 1921, to ask the president to free federal prisoners jailed for opposing the war. The caption names them as D. Loman, John J. Kelley, N.M. Holderman, Geo. H. Mallon, Clayton K. Stack, and Sam Dreset. Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts, many war critics had been sentenced to federal prison, and Warren Harding, in office since March 1921, was weighing clemency; he commuted Eugene Debs's sentence that December. The photograph was made by the National Photo Company, whose Washington record of these years is a valuable source for the period.

Created / published1921 Nov. 14.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Sept. 1919 to Dec. 1921, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 16827.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,193 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118810

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