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Photo #: NH 85339

Greenwich Pensioners


"Spinning Yarns" at the old Naval Home, Greenwich, England, circa 1830.
Engraving by George Cruikshank, from "Tough Yarns", 1835, frontispiece.

Courtesy of the Navy Department Library, Washington, D.C.

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7 April 2000