GUSN-188111
The stereoscope shows an image of five sailors sitting and watching a fellow sailor receive a shave with a straight razor. They are in various states of undress with socks and pants thrown over a metal rail. The sailor who is shaving his peer has many tattoos.
razors
seamen
military personnel
government
stereographs
photographs
1 stereo view
PC001
General photographic collection
1926-03-23
PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.003
Gift
7 x 3.5 (HxW)(inches)
stereographs
photographs
United States. Navy
shaving
Original in Stereo Views - Charlestown, MA - Boston Navy Yard.
W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 86-87
Item
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