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Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week

It's the 28th year of Fleet week in New York City!  Sailors young and old hit the town in their cool and crisp white uniforms and painted the town. Take a look at the Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen of years past.
By Joslyn Winkfield ·
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Vintage Fleet Week
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Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
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Vintage Fleet Week
1940
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro Newspaper/Gado
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Vintage Fleet Week
1942
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro Newspaper/Gado
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Vintage Fleet Week
1942
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Time Life Pictures
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Vintage Fleet Week
1942
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
British Combine/Time & Life Pictures
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Vintage Fleet Week
1942
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Bettmann
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Vintage Fleet Week
1943
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Hulton Archive
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Vintage Fleet Week
1943
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Roger Smith/Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images
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Vintage Fleet Week
1943
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Gordon Coster/Time & Life Pictures
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Vintage Fleet Week
1943
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro Newspaper/Gado
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Vintage Fleet Week
1944
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Time Life Pictures/Official Navy Photo/Capt. Edward Steichen’S Div./The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
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Vintage Fleet Week
1944
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro Newspaper/Gado
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Vintage Fleet Week
1944
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Getty Images
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Vintage Fleet Week
1944
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Interim Archives/Getty Images
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Vintage Fleet Week
1944
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images
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Vintage Fleet Week
1945
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images
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Vintage Fleet Week

1945

Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro Newspaper/Gado
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Vintage Fleet Week
1945
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Bettmann
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Vintage Fleet Week
1946
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Bettmann
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Vintage Fleet Week
1967
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro Newspaper/Gado
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Vintage Fleet Week
1965
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Bettmann
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Vintage Fleet Week
1951
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images
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Vintage Fleet Week
1967
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images
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Vintage Fleet Week
1970
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Afro Newspaper/Gado
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Vintage Fleet Week
1975
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
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Vintage Fleet Week
2012
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Mario Tama
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Vintage Fleet Week
1990
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Visions of America
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Vintage Fleet Week
2003
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Vintage Fleet Week
2003
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Vintage Fleet Week
1991
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Visions of America
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Vintage Fleet Week
2002
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Vintage Fleet Week
2004
Vintage Black Sailor Photos In Honor Of Fleet Week
Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images