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Coxswain Deglen feeds a bear, one of the mascots on board the battleship USS Connecticut during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.

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

Sailors wash on deck, using buckets of water, circa 1913.

Three mess cooks carry heavy loads of potatoes.

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.

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

Sailors coal the USS Maryland at Punta Auneras (sic) Chile, 1912.

Sailors of the cruiser USS Tennessee replenish the ship's coal supply at Honolulu, 1909 or 1910.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Charleston participate in holiday games on deck, taken Thanksgiving, 1893.

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

Sailors lounge on the berth deck of USS Olympia in 1898. Hooks for additional hammocks to be hung between those in use can be seen on the bulkhead behind. This image is a cyanotype, causing the distinctive color.

A funeral service is held in San Diego for sailors killed in the massive boiler explosion on board the gunboat USS Bennington.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Charleston pose with an extravagant Thanksgiving feast in 1893.