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Sailors dressed as King Neptunus Rex, his queen, baby and an African-American sailor in costume holding a trident. The...

Pollywog running through a line of 'Royal Police' shellbacks with painted helmets and ripped pants hitting him with...

Pollywog in front of the royal family probably just after being poked with a 'Devil's Tongue,' an electrified piece of...

Pollywogs falling into pool on deck of the USS Rutland during a Neptunus Rex/Crossing the Line ceremony in March 1945....

Ship mascot LUMPI of the USS Rutland, a dachshund, getting a haircut during a Neptunus Rex/Crossing the Line ceremony...

Group portrait of the Royal Court shellbacks during a Neptunus Rex/Crossing the Line ceremony in March 1945. The court...

Neptunus Rex, Crossing the Line ceremony aboard the USS Rutland; pollywog is being dumped from coffin into pool on deck...

Officers in costumes during a Neptunus Rex, Crossing the Line ceremony aboard the USS Rutland. From donor's notes: "The...

A "crossing the line" ceremony. "Crossing equator USS Monrovia, alias Del Argentina, Miss. Shipping Co., Delta Line,...

Royal barber in costume holding sissors during a Neptunus Rex, Crossing the Line ceremony aboard the USS Rutland; a...

Crossing the Line ceremony aboard the USS LCS(L)(3)-99. "Santa Fe, N.M. [New Mexico], Ens. V.T. Lyon before Royal Judge...

Royal Judges during the Crossing the Line ceremony aboard the USS Rutland in 1945; All men wear robes and wigs, one...

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