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[The crew of the U.S.S. Manning]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04546.144 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1903 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.6 x 22.8 cm. Order a Copy

Inscription on verso reads "Officers and crew of the U.S.S. Manning. Alaskan cruise 1903."

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