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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42298

USS Vandalia
(1876-1889)

Ship's Marines and Sailors lined up for inspection on the gun deck during the summer of 1886, while she was preparing for service on the Pacific Station.
Photographed while Vandalia was in Dry Dock # 1 at the New York Navy Yard, with Building # 20 in the background. View looks forward from the quarterdeck.
Note white tropical trousers and pith helmets worn by officers and Marines. Marines are armed with "trap-door" Springfield rifles, with bayonets fixed. Sailors are armed with cutlasses.
Photographer was probably E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City.

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27 March 2002