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Photo # NH 100338:  Marines from the Great White Fleet parade in Sydney, Australia, August 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Views Ashore at Sydney, Australia, August 1908


This page features views taken ashore during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Sydney, Australia in August 1908.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to Sydney, Australia, 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 100338

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


    Bandsmen lead the Fleet's Marines in parade down Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, circa late August 1908.
    The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by the Rose Stereograph Company, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington & London.

    Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 127KB; 575 x 675 pixels

    A stereo pair version of this image is available as Photo # NH 100338-A

    Online Image of stereo pair: 94KB; 675 x 400 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106102

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

    Scotch bagpipers and bandsmen at a ceremony, during the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in August 1908.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106103

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

    U.S. Navy Sailors enjoy a picnic lunch after participating in a parade, during the Atlantic Fleet's visit to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in August 1908.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100340

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


    Official reception for the Fleet's Commander in Chief, Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN, at the Lower Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in late August 1908.
    Note the U.S. Marines at right.
    The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by the Rose Stereograph Company, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington & London.

    Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 570 x 675 pixels

    A stereo pair version of this image is available as Photo # NH 100340-A

    Online Image of stereo pair: 74KB; 675 x 400 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106177-KN (color)

    Adams' Marble Bar, Sydney, Australia

    Post card showing the interior of the "palatial Marble Bar". It was published at the time of the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Australia, 1908.
    See Photo # NH 106177-A for a view of the reverse of this card, featuring a poem concerning the entertainment of American Sailors by their Australian hosts.

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106177-A

    Adams' Marble Bar, Sydney, Australia

    Reverse of a post card published at the time of the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Australia, 1908. This side features a poem concerning the entertainment of American Sailors by their Australian hosts.
    See Photo # NH 106177-KN for a view of the front of this card, with a color-tinted photograph of the "palatial Marble Bar".

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to Sydney, Australia, 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.


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