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Photo # NH 106179-KN:  Great White Fleet Sailors parade in San Francisco, California, May 1908

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The 1900s

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Scenes Ashore in Central California, May - June 1908


This page features views of scenes on land during the the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Central California.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visits to San Francisco Bay, May - July 1908.

    For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 106179-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909

    Post card published by H.H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee, showing the Fleet's Sailors parading at San Francisco, California in May 1908. Date is probably 7 May, not 8 May as given on the card.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     

     
    Photo #: NH 1772

    Assistant Naval Constructor Lewis B. McBride, USN
    (center);
    and Lieutenant John M. Enochs, USN (right)

    Seated with an unidentified gentleman (left, with beard) at San Francisco, California, during the "Great White Fleet"'s stay on the West Coast, circa Spring or early Summer 1908.
    During the cruise McBride was assigned to USS Georgia and USS Connecticut (Battleship #s 15 and 18), while Enochs was an officer in USS Kansas (Battleship # 21).

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106097

    Redwood Tree "General Fremont"
    ,
    near Santa Cruz, California

    Decorated with flags and a "Welcome" sign in honor of the visit of the "Great White Fleet" to the area, Spring 1908.
    Note the image's inscription "Standing room for 50 people in base of this tree", and Sailor under the sign.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1116

    San Jose, California


    Receiption for officers of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, while they were visiting the U.S. West Coast before resuming the Fleet's World cruise, circa Spring or early Summer 1908.
    Note the automobiles decorated with U.S. flags.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63014

    Yosemite National Park, California


    Yosemite Falls, as seen by men of the "Great White Fleet" during their stay on the U.S. West Coast during the World cruise, circa Spring or early Summer 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 146KB; 550 x 925 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1774

    Lieutenant Byron Andrew Long, USN


    In Yosemite Valley, California, during the "Great White Fleet"'s stay on the West Coast, circa Spring or early Summer 1908.
    During the cruise he was an officer in USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18).

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visits to San Francisco Bay, May - July1908.

    For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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