Physical measurements taken at the Manhattan Draft Board, 1917-1918.

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Physical measurements taken at the Manhattan Draft Board, 1917-1918.

Reports of physical examinations prepared at the Draft Board located in Manhattan, encompassing a statement by the person being examined and report of the physical examination by the physician for the local board. Included are anthropometric measurements, footprints, and fingerprints.

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Huey Pierce Long was born on August 30, 1893, in Winnfield, La. He briefly attended the University of Oklahoma School of Law in Norman, Okla., and later Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, La. He practiced law in Winnfield and later in Shreveport, La. Long was a member of the Louisiana Railroad Commission (later the Louisiana Public Service Commission) (1918-1928), governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), and U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1932-1935). Charismatic and immensely popular for his s...