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Two sailors modify the appearance of a hat, while pet parrots watch from a perch.

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.

The "dynamite cruiser" USS Vesuvius, with her three pneumatic guns visible, photographed in the early 1890's.

Sailors on board the protected cruiser USS Olympia stand watch. Shown is Quartermaster R.C. Mehrtens, who steered the Olympia during the famous Battle of Manila Bay.

Sailors on board the protected cruiser USS Baltimore pose with cleaning equipment.

The private shower facility in Officers' Country on board the former cruiser USS Olympia, taken in 2009.

A washroom in Officers' Country on board the former cruiser USS Olympia, taken in 2010

Peddlers from Tangiers, Morocco bring baskets of goods on board the cruiser USS Baltimore, May 1904.

Sailors on board USS Olympia shine metal surfaces on deck, 1898.

Sailors clean the hull of the cruiser USS Olympia in 1898.

This head on board the former protected cruiser USS Olympia shows the modern, and somewhat luxurious, facilities available to officers of the ship.

The restored enlisted head on board the former protected cruiser USS Olympia, shot in 2010.

Painting of The Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, seen from the cruiser Olympia.

Armed sailors from the cruiser USS Philadelphia pose at the American consulate at Apia, Samoa in April 1899.

The cruiser USS Olympia on display as a museum ship in Philadelphia in 2010.