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Officers and stewards of the cruiser USS Brooklyn take a break from a meal to pose for a photo in the wardroom.

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

The mess table in the wardroom of the repair ship USS Prometheus is set for a meal, and attended by three stewards.

The dining table in the captain's dining room on board the battleship USS New Mexico, in 1919.

The neatly set dining table in the Officers' Mess Room sits ready for a meal on board the cruiser USS Pennsylvania in 1906. This is a black and white print of a color-tinted postcard.

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 collier USS Orion sit down for a meal, circa 1917-1920

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

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

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

Sailors of the battleship USS Rhode Island mug for a photo, covered in coal dust.

Sailors on board the gunboat USS Elcano share a meal on the Whang-Foo River in China, 1916.

Sailors are (around table, starting at left): Clancy Hodges, Milo Smith, Branden, Dunham, Arthur Furnas, La Bounty.

Berth deck cooks on board USS Ossipee pose with food and cooking implements in 1887

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

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