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English: World War I-era postcard shows naval recruits during target practice at the Wissahickon Barracks in Cape May, New Jersey. Since its opening in the summer of 1917, 8,909 men trained at the Wissahickon Barracks, the largest recorded number of naval trainees in the Fourth District.
Accession Number: P.2003.17.5
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Author Library Company of Philadelphia
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  • World War I Collection
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  • Home before the Leaves Fall: a Great War Centennial Exposition
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  • World War I
  • Wissahickon Barracks
  • Cape May
  • target practice
  • postcard
  • U.S. Navy
  • Library Company of Philadelphia
  • United States Navy
  • USN
  • Sailors
  • Leggings
  • Naval Gunnery
  • Naval Artillery
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5 March 2014

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