Title

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service.

Caption

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Lt. Wells Hawks (1870-1941), a member of the Navy's public relations team with "Chief Bald Eagle" and a group of Native Americans on board the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds during World War I.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM24A13_414

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Keywords

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