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Capt. Adams receiving "Kilties" on RECRUIT
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Description | Photograph shows Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds during World War I. Adams is greeting members of the Canadian Highlander regiments, ("Kilties") who were in New York in July 1917 to assist in recruitment. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and The Sunday Oregonian, August 12, 1917) |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Bain Collection |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1914-1918. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |