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Keystone View Company Thousands of Uncle Sam's Sailors, Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.198 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Great Lakes, Illinois Type: Stereocard Date: 1917-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

U.S. Navy Sailors line up in uniform, outside the Great Lakes Training Station.

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