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Keystone View Company Marines and Sailors Despersing after an Assembly Aft for Instructions--Life on Board a Battleship

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.202 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1917-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

A group of U.S. Navy Sailors mill about on the deck of the Battleship after morning inspection and assembly. Towards the back are a few Marines in dress uniform.

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