This page features images of Navy Recruiting Posters, and similar advertising forms, that were issued prior to 1900.

For Navy Recruiting Posters of other times, see U.S. Navy Recruiting Posters, Selected Views.

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Photo #: 45-X-10 Civil War U.S. Navy Recruiting Poster Poster published on behalf of the Naval Rendezvous, New Berne, North Carolina, 2 November 1863. Photograph from the Naval Records Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 91KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions may be available through the National Archives
Photo #: 45-X-11 Civil War U.S. Navy Recruiting Poster Poster published on behalf of the Naval Rendezvous, Roanoke Island, North Carolina, 8 December 1863. Photograph from the Naval Records Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 73KB; 600 x 765 pixels Reproductions may be available through the National Archives
Photo #: 45-X-9 Civil War U.S. Navy Recruiting Poster Poster published on behalf of the Naval Rendezvous, Salem, Massachusetts, offering U.S. Navy service as an attractive alternative to the wartime military draft. Photograph from the Naval Records Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 130KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions may be available through the National Archives

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To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.