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Schooners bringing Alaskan cod anchored off the fish cannery in Tiburon, California, United States, 1890s. The cannery location would later become the Tiburon Navy Net Depot.	Map of Danzig, 1895	Portrait of Subaltern Winston Churchill of the UK 4th Hussars, Feb 1895, photo 1 of 2	Portrait of Subaltern Winston Churchill of the UK 4th Hussars, Feb 1895, photo 2 of 2

HMS Ramillies, HMS Barfleur, and HMS Nile in Grand Harbour, Malta, 24 May 1896; the ships were firing salutes in honor of Queen Victoria's birthday	1897 Map of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and surrounding lands.	Franz von Papen as a page in the Imperial Court, Berlin, Germany, 1897	One of the first plans for the Tecklenborg shipyard of Bremerhaven, Germany, 1897

Passenger ship Mainz for the company Norddeutscher Lloyd under construction in a slipway, Tecklenborg shipyard, Bremerhaven, Germany, 1897	Portrait of Harry Truman, 1897	The double slipway built by Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (Slips I and II) of Tecklenborg shipyard, Bremerhaven, Germany, circa 1897	The launching of the Erik Roberts, Rickmer shipyard, Bremerhaven, Germany, 12 Aug 1897

6-pounder gun and crew aboard USS Oregon, circa 1898	Breech of after turret 13-inch guns aboard USS Oregon, circa 1898	Dynamo room aboard USS Oregon, circa 1898	Engine room aboard USS Oregon, circa 1898

Passenger ship Köln for the company Norddeutscher Lloyd under construction in a slipway, Tecklenborg shipyard, Bremerhaven, Germany, 1898-1899	Portrait of Hereditary Prince Josias, 1898	Portrait of Winston Churchill, 1898	Shipyard modernization plan of Rickmers shipyard, Bremerhaven, Germany, drawn in 1898