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Swabbing Down

A sailor with a mop
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Description: Drawing, Charcoal on Paper; by Julian Levi; 1944; Unframed Dimensions 15H X 13W
Accession #: 88-159-GI
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Since man first went down to the sea in ships, swabbing decks has been duty of seaman. This enlisted man, assigned to the Norfolk Naval Hospital, finds the task no different from that befalling his fellows on the high seas.

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