Photo #: NH 82136
USS Bennington Monument, San Diego, California
Ceremonies dedicating the monument at Fort Rosecrans, overlooking
San Diego harbor, 7 January 1908. It was erected in memory of
the Navy personnel who lost their lives in the boiler explosion
on board USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on
21 July 1905.
North Island and Coronado are in the left background. USS Charleston (Cruiser # 22) is at right.
Photographed by Norton-Bennette, 820 Fifth St., San Diego.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, donated by
Myles DeSomer, 1975.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102768-KN (color)
Dedication of the USS Bennington Monument, Point
Loma, San Diego, California, 7 January 1908
Fine-screen halftone reproduction of a photograph by S. Sutcliffe,
of San Diego, published on a postal card, with a tribute taken
from an address made at the ceremony by Rear Admiral Caspar F.
Goodrich. The view looks southwards, with North Island in the
middle distance.
The monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
The ends of the original postal card had been trimmed off.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102769
Bennington Monument,
Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, California
Photograph taken circa the Nineteen-"Teens".
This monument was erected as a memorial to the men lost in the
21 July 1905 boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego.
Note nearby grave stones, and the inscription on the monument's
plaque: "To The Bennington's Dead July 21 1905".
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 95248-KN (color)
USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego,
California
Color-tinted postal card, published by the Newman Company, Los
Angeles, California.
This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
Courtesy of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer, 1983.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102739-A-KN (color)
USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego,
California
Color-tinted postal card, published by Edward H. Mitchell, San
Francisco, California.
This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102739-KN (color)
USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego,
California
Color-tinted postal card, published by Edward H. Mitchell, San
Francisco, California.
This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102772-KN (color)
USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego,
California
Color-tinted postal card, published by The Benham Co., Los Angeles,
California.
This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102774-KN (color)
USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego,
California
Color-tinted postal card, published by H.L. Christiance, San
Diego.
This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
North Island is in the right background.
One copy of this card was mailed at Long Beach, California, on
28 October 1922 with the following message: "Say Betsy!
Pointing to Heaven. Looks like a long slender finger, doesn't
it?."
Courtesy of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 95247-A-KN (color)
USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego,
California
Color-tinted postal card, published by I.L. Eno, San Diego.
This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
North Island is in the right background.
Courtesy of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer, 1983.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 95247-KN (color)
USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego,
California
Color-tinted postal card, published by I.L. Eno, San Diego. It
was mailed on 1 May 1939.
This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
North Island is in the right background.
Courtesy of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer, 1983.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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