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Photo # NH 106099:  Pineapples piled on a battleship's deck, during the Great White Fleet's visit to Honolulu in July 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visits to Hawaii and Samoa, July - August 1908


This page features views concerning the "Great White Fleet"'s visits to Hawaii and Samoa in July and early August 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 106100

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
    ,
    December 1907 - February 1909

    U.S. Marines ashore at Honolulu, during the Atlantic Fleet's visit to Hawaii in July 1908.
    Note the Krag-Jorgensen rifles carried by these Marines.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106173-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909

    Post card published by H.H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee, depicting the Fleet's Sailors parading in Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, circa 17 July 1908.
    The Men in this group are from USS Georgia (Battleship # 15).

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 137KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106156

    Queen's Palace, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory


    Photographed during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Hawaii in JUly 1908.
    The original image is printed on post card ("PMO") stock.

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106099

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
    ,
    December 1907 - February 1909

    Pineapples piled on an Atlantic Fleet battleship's deck, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Honolulu in July 1908.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41674

    Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Territory


    Photographed in July 1908, during the "Great White Fleet's visit to Hawaii.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 420 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1398

    World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1907-1909


    Officers of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet enjoy surf riding at Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, circa mid-July 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, USN, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63015

    Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Territory


    Decorated for the Hawaiian visit of the "Great White Fleet", July 1908.
    The Moana hotel is in the background.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106181

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Race boat crew from one of the Fleet's battleships resting at Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, 19 July 1908. Their ship is probably USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), as the officer in the left center background is Midshipman Robert R.M. Emmet, who was assigned to that ship.
    The original photo, printed on post card stock, states that this was "the winning crew that day". The card was mailed at Honolulu on 21 July 1908.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41670

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise


    Atlantic Fleet battleships passing Pago Pago, Samoa, during their voyage from Hawaii to New Zealand, 1 August 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 900 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57617

    USS Annapolis
    (Gunboat # 10)

    Welcoming the "Great White Fleet" as it steamed past Pago Pago, Samoa, on 1 August 1908.
    Annapolis was station ship at Tutuila, American Samoa, and had the Governor of American Samoa on board for this occasion.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 420 pixels

     


    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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