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Three sailors mug for a photo, circa 1908.

This pocket-sized manual for sailors covers numerous important topics for daily live in the Navy, from desertion and conduct, to pay and clothing.

This recruiting poster from 1908 boasts about opportunities for good pay, and features famous warships from over 100 years of Navy history.

Sailors of the Great White Fleet ring an arena in Lima, Peru for a bullfight in 1908.

One of the many mascots on board the battleship USS Connecticut during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.

A Navy mascot on board a battleship gets a good washing, circa 1907-08.

A kangaroo mascot on board the battleship USS Connecticut poses with Lieutenant John E. Lewis in 1908 during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.

Two officers on board USS Connecticut steady themselves for a try at a wheelbarrow race on the Fourth of July, 1908, during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.

Crew of the USS Connecticut participate in lively games on the Fourth of July, 1908.

A drawing depicting a Christmas Eve toast on board the battleship USS Kansas in 1908, during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.

Sailors on leave in China around 1908 pose with locals and a rickshaw.