[USS Recruit in Union Square, New York]

Photograph of the USS Recruit in Union Square, New York City, New York, circa 1916-1918. The Recruit was a wooden mockup of a dreadnaught battleship, constructed by the United States Navy in New York City to serve as a Naval headquarters, recruiting station, and training ship.

Inscription on album page: "Naval Recruiting Station. Union Sq., New York."

Part of a photograph album of images connected to the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, New York, circa 1916-1918.

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