Steady as she goes, mate

Steady as she goes, mate
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Title: Steady as she goes, mate
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Caption: "'Steady as she goes, mate!'--From his crew to his ability at the sheel, Lawrence Merrill of 1620 Ocean Ave., a third grader at Public School 193 [located at 2515 Avenue L], is all Navy. Tutored by Capt. Niels H. Olsen, skipper of the U.S.N.S. Geiger, Merrill was one of 32 children aboard the Military Sea Transportation Service ship."

Date: 1952
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: caption stamped: Oct. 19, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Public School 193 (New York, N.Y.)
Pilots and pilotage
School children
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: SCHL 1407