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| Date: | 04 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Five Madison recent high school graduates prior to traveling to Chicago for entrance into the U.S. Navy under the high school training program. From left a... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | WAVES Design No. 2, "WAVE and Sailors." The poster features a woman in a naval uniform, with two sailors standing behind her. WAVES is the acronym for Wome... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of two sailors enjoying themselves in a colorful (and apparently South American) village. One sailor is riding a llama, an... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of four sailors operating a ship's cannon. Two of the sailors are shirtless and are loading a shell into the breech. Anoth... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of three sailors riding an elephant, while sailors and Indians stand nearby. In the background is a battleship. Poster tex... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of a group of men, sailors and soldiers standing in the back of a truck in New York. Man of the men are dressed in suits. Tex... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting a steam ship being pulled to sea by a tug boat. Smoke is billowing from both boats. Crowds of people are waving from the ship and the dock... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | British poster with an illustration of a sailor holding a telescope under his left arm while standing on a the deck of a ship looking out at stormy seas to... |
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