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World War I Navy Recruits

Date: 04 1917
Description: Elevated view of Navy recruits at Newport, boarding a train destined for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The printed caption indicates that they had had only eight...
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Man Rowing Boat on Wisconsin River

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Description: Caption on stereograph reads, "In and about the Dells of the Wisconsin River. Sugar Bowl."
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Man and Boat at The Sugar Bowl

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Description: A man stands on the shoreline with a boat near the rock formations in the Sugar Bowl.
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: The USS Constellation, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the U.S. Navy, is seen at the United States Naval Training Station, established in ...
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of sailors marching on the South Drill Field at the Naval Station Newport, established in 1883. In the background, a warship is in the Narragansett ...
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of a formation of sailors during an exhibition drill at Naval Station Newport, established in 1883. A United States flag and military buildings stan...
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of sailors in uniform standing between the rows of barracks of the United States Naval Training Station.
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of three boats during a boat drill at the Naval Station Newport, established in 1883. They row past the shore on which other formations of sailors e...
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Plat of Newport

Date: 1854
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on tracing cloth and shows lot and block numbers, streets, a park, and depots. Some lots are colored red or blue and some in...
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Sugar Bowl

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Description: Stereograph of the Sugar Bowl, a rock formation in the Wisconsin Dells, with trees growing on the top. A man in a rowboat is floating between the rock and ...
Postcard

Reuben Gold Thwaites Speaking at Newport

Date: 08 1909
Description: A man is standing on a small ridge, surrounded by people sitting on the ground. He is holding an open book and speaking. Caption reads: "Reuben G. Thwaites...

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