The Snapshots in Time Collection
Portrait of Naval Apprentice Frank Dallin Aboard Ship, Early 1900s
Naval Apprentice Frank Dallin poses beside a deck gun aboard ship in the early 1900s, wearing the classic flannel jumper, neckerchief, and flat cap of the era's enlisted sailors. Teenage apprentices like Dallin formed an important training pipeline for the pre-World War I U.S. Navy, learning seamanship and gunnery firsthand aboard the fleet's cruisers and battleships. Project: 218597