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Photo #: NH 42294

USS Vandalia (1876-1889)


Ship's Marine guard drilling on her 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 these Marines, most of whom are holding "trap-door" Springfield rifles, with fixed bayonets.
The original print is a letterpress reproduction, published circa the 1880s. Photographer was probably E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City.

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27 March 2002