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

A Chinese steward on board the protected cruiser USS Olympia.

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.

This colorized photograph shows sailors doing their laundry by hand on the deck of a Navy warship.

Cyanotype print of sailors doing their laundry in buckets on board USS Olympia, 1898.