Biography
Ralph W. Browder was also known as Ralph Waldo Browder. Ralph W. Browder was a Kansas City socialist and a brother of Earl and William Browder. He opposed military conscription during World War I and was prosecuted with his brothers and other antiwar activists. In July 1919 he entered Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary under a two-year sentence for conspiracy to obstruct conscription. He was released on November 1, 1920.
1920s photograph review: Original National Archives Leavenworth photograph, catalog 117721804, inmate 14315. The name and inmate number on the reverse, the visible number on the portrait, the archival catalog, and NARA's inmate index agree. Both original sides were visually inspected. The complete front/profile photograph is used without cropping, retouching, or generated detail. NARA identifies the material as unrestricted.
Sources: National Archives original photograph and labeled reverse; Leavenworth inmate index.
