Title

Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service.

Caption

Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Margaret Murray Crumpacker, Commandant of the Women's Auxiliary for Naval Recruiting, addressing Navy recruits under the guns of the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds during World War I.

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A13_331

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,5Mb (2,4Mb) / 11,9in x 16,5in / 3562 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

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