Photo #: NH 47029 "Spinning a Yarn" Seven "Old Salts" engaged in telling tall tales aboard USS Enterprise (1877-1909), probably while their ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890. Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York. Suitable verses from "The Tale of the Gyascutus" are printed below the original photographic image. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Image posted 6 April 2000
Caption corrected 3 December 2004