Title

W.J. Reilly, unknown date. Creator: Bain News Service.

Caption

W.J. Reilly, unknown date. William J. Reilly, sergeant in the Navy and vaudeville performer, who recorded patriotic songs as "Sailor Reilly". He is hanging laundry on the grounds of 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.

Date

20th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A19_241

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48,8Mb (1,7Mb) / 16,5in x 11,5in / 4960 x 3438 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation city portrait people male library man men square historical New York City country entertainment washing guy ship ships laundry color photography performance performer performing war location collection century first world war wartime concept Navy B&W new york state sailor Library of Congress warfare sailors Union Square United States of America Colour World War I WWI vaudeville naval warfare water transport black & white black and white B W white and black World War One 1910s 20th century Liberty Bonds sergeant War Bond American history historic America USA 1st World War TGN WW1 photograph united states Bain George Graham USS Recruit Congressional Library Heritage Art glass negative William J. liberty bond still image Reilly press photography Bain News Service George Graham Bain Landship Recruit Bain News Service photograph collection George Grantham Bain William J. Reilly W. J. W. J. Reilly W.J. Reilly