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1915

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jamica1 said:
I assume the opera singer? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Garrison
B-59 said:
See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/20750499202/
Arden said:
jamica1: Yes this does look like another photo of Mabel Garrison on the Recruit.

jamica1 said:
I see you have another image of her: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/20750497092/in/...
jamica1 said:
This is not of course on board a real ship, this is the Recruit, a "land ship" used in WW1 recruitment efforts. This is in New York City. For more information ‘The Recruit – Our Only Land Battleship’, Popular Science Monthly,August 1917 ‘Landship Recruit Sails’, New York Times, 16th March 1920. The officer is Acting Captain C. F. Pierce
Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Garrison
B-59 said:
See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/19335682441/
Arden said:
jamica1, Richard Norton and B-59: Thanks for the details about the Recruit and Mabel Garrison. We will add more information when we update.

Art Siegel said:
Probably recruiter "Ensign Harry Erlanger, 790 Riverside Drive, New York NY" aboard the recruiting vessel USS Recruit in Union Square in 1918. "USS Recruit, also known as the Landship Recruit, was a wooden mockup of a dreadnought battleship constructed by the United States Navy in Manhattan in New York City, as a recruiting tool and training ship during the First World War." books.google.com/books?id=VNFGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA59&am... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Recruit_(1917)
Art Siegel said:
Erlanger was court-martialed for bribery and acquited in 1919. books.google.com/books?id=zTNHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA24&dq...
Art Siegel said:
Erlanger was court-martialed for bribery and acquited in 1919. However, his commission was revoked in October, 1919 as a result of the charges. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F05E2DE1138EE... books.google.com/books?id=zTNHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA24&dq...