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[Sailors on parade]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04546.141 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1900 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Photograph shows sailors in parade formation marching down a street. Taken during the Boxer rebellion.

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