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Captain Adams receiving "Kilties" on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service.

Captain Adams receiving "Kilties" on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service.

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Captain Adams receiving "Kilties" on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander 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. Adams is greeting members of the Canadian Highlander regiments, ("Kilties") who were in New York in July 1917 to assist in recruitment.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Bain News Service, attributed to: American: Publisher
Subject
  1. Charles Albert Adams: American: US Navy Captain
People Related
  1. George Graham Bain: American: Photographer; press photographer
Medium
  1. Glass negative
  2. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Still image
Category Hierarchy

History & Politics War & Military Wars, Battles & Events

History & Politics War & Military Wartime

History & Politics War & Military Military Figures & Personnel

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5236x3583
File Size : 18,321kb

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  1. 2014705137
  1. 1010040785
  1. 2014705137
  1. 3-010-784
  1. 3010784
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