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Stewards on board the cruiser USS Brooklyn pose in uniform, circa late 1890's.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Charleston pose with an extravagant Thanksgiving feast in 1893.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Olympia lounge in the torpedo room after a meal, October 1899.

This pre-WWI cartoon postcard depicts a certain problem with a heavy diet of beans in the Navy.

A steward on board the cruiser USS Brooklyn poses in the wardroom pantry.

A shot of the galley on board USS Olympia, taken in 1899.

A view of the berth deck on board the cruiser USS Olympia in 1899.

The luxurious wardroom of the protected cruiser Atlanta, seen in 1886.

The silver service of the battleship USS Kansas, on display, and guarded carefully by two Marines.

The luxurious wardroom on board the cruiser USS Olympia, taken in 1899.

This postcard cartoon comments on the Navy's elimination of alcohol in 1914, prior to national Prohibition.

Officers on board the gunboat USS Don Juan de Austria, a captured Spanish ship, recline in the wardroom. This is photograph was colorized for distribution and sale.

These three Chinese men were specially trained to serve as stewards on board the protected cruiser USS Olympia. This photograph was originally a cyanotype, and has been digitally modified.

Sailors on board the battleship USS Maryland engage in a pie-eating contest.