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<ul><li><b>Scope and content:</b>  Original Caption: Training apprentices for the U.S. Shipping Board.  The art of splicing and coiling rope must be acquired by Merchant Marine apprentices before he is ready to be shipped to sea.  The young Americans on Merchant Marine Training ships maintained by the U.S. Shipping Board Recruiting Service devote many hours to study and practice in this sort of work.</li></ul><p>Date Taken: 5/21/1919
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Photographer: Western Newspaper Union Co., N.Y.</div>
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