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The luxurious wardroom on board the cruiser USS Olympia, taken in 1899.

A view of the berth deck on board the cruiser USS Olympia in 1899.

Sick bay on board USS Olympia, taken in October 1899.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Olympia lounge in the torpedo room after a meal, October 1899.

The captain's cabin on board the cruiser USS Olympia, taken in October 1899.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Olympia tease cats with sunlight and a mirror, 1898. Originally a cyanotype, digitally converted to black and white.

Sailors on board USS Olympia play cards on deck, 1898.

Sailors on board USS Olympia dance with each other while the ship's band plays for "tiffin" (lunch) around 1889-99.

Officers and women dance the Mazy Waltz on the deck of the cruiser USS Olympia in 1898.

The spacious accommodations for an admiral on board USS Olympia.

Sailors on board USS Olympia sit down for a meal, 1898.

A sailor on board USS Olympia shaves. Cyanotype taken around 1898.

Naval forces from Spain and the United States face off in the Philippines on May 1, 1898. Ships are (L-R): San Juan de Ulloa, Castilia, Reina Christina, USS Boston, USS Baltimore, USS Olympia.

Cyanotype print of sailors doing their laundry in buckets on board USS Olympia, 1898.

This parrot on board USS Olympia lost a leg in the Battle of Manila during the Spanish-American War.