<p>During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. 
This image show Naval Training Station cadets seated around a barrel peeling potatoes in or near the mess hall. </p>
<p>Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, July 18, 1918, page 17
Caption information source: U.S. Navy Naval Historical Center website at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">http://www.history.navy.mil</a></p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Food processing--Washington (State)--Seattle; Military personnel--American--Washington (State)--Seattle; Potatoes--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
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