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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.

Sailors on board USS Olympia sit down for a meal, 1898.

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

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

A Christmas card announcing the holiday feast on board USS Oregon, 1917.

Sailors of the engineer's force on board the cruiser USS Baltimore pose with their Christmas feast in 1904, off China.

Three mess cooks carry heavy loads of potatoes.

A drawing depicting a Christmas Eve toast on board the battleship USS Kansas in 1908, during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.

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.

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

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

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

The forward compartment of the protected cruiser USS Boston, launched in 1884. Hooks on the beam in the foreground were used to hang hammocks. In the background, note the table hung from ropes, both to allow for stowing above, and to account for the…