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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 2889

"The Old Navy"
or
"Old Salts of the Square Rigger Navy"

Photograph taken on board USS Mohican in 1888 by Assistant Surgeon H.W. Whitaker, USN.
The Sailors in the photograph are (from left to right): David Ireland, Gilbert H. Purdy, John T. Griffith and John King.
See Photo # NH 2889 (extended caption) for more information on these men.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 134KB; 740 x 590 pixels

 

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7 April 2000