Excerpt:
The photographs in these pages were found in a book about Admiral Dewey, the Battle of Manila Bay and the Philippine Campaign: Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey including Battles in the Philippines (Globe Bible Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1899). Some of the pictures seem to predate the Spanish-American War, though. The images of the common sailors and shipboard scenes give a fascinating glimpse of what life in the navy was like 100 years, and more, ago, and also put a human face on history.
Annotation:
Reproduction of photographs from the aforementioned book. Includes pictures of crew, officers, and ships. Part of a larger nautical site.