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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 106260

USS Huntington
(Armored Cruiser # 5, ex-West Virginia)

"Mail-O": Crew members receive their mail on board the ship while in port, circa 1917-1919.
Note the laundry hanging overhead and bedding airing on the life lines.
The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 485 pixels

 

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Image posted 19 November 2008