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Keystone View Company Bugler Calling Marines and Sailors to Assemble for Instruction--Life on Board a Battleship

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.203 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 U.S. Navy sailor stands on the deck of a battleship blowing a bugle, calling those on board to asembly.

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