This page features miscellaneous views concerning the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Australia in August and September 1908.
For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":
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Photo #: NH 106183-KN (color) "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 Post card published in Australia under the "W.T.P." brand, providing lists of events taking place at Sydney and Melbourne during the Fleet's visit, 21 August -- 4 September 1908. Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 155KB; 900 x 590 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106101-KN (color) "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, December 1907 - February 1909 Postcard in the "Empire" series, commemorating the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit to Australia in August 1908. See Photo # NH 106101-A-KN for a reproduction of the reverse side of this card, which was mailed to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, on 31 (August?) 1908, from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106101-A-KN (color) "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, December 1907 - February 1909 Reverse of an "Empire" series postcard, published in commemoration of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit to Australia in August 1908. See Photo # NH 106101-KN for a reproduction of the front side of this card, which was mailed to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, on 31 (August?) 1908, from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106184-KN (color) "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 Post card welcoming the Fleet to Australia, circa August-September 1908. Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 490 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106186-KN (color) "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 Post card commemorating the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit to Australia in August and September 1908. Its center features a portrait of Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, the Fleet's Commander in Chief. Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 113KB; 465 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106175-KN (color) "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 Post card welcoming the Fleet to Australia, 1908. Its design features the Uniteds States and Australian flags, and the seals of both nations. Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 149KB; 740 x 500 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106176-KN (color) "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 Post card welcoming the Fleet to Australia, 1908. It was mailed from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 22 August 1908 and postmarked again at Chicago, Illinois, on 26 September 1908. Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 146KB; 470 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 77295 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 U.S. Marines and Sailors parade in Australia, during the Fleet's visit there in August-September 1908. Courtesy of Mrs. C.R. DeSpain, 1973. From the scrapbooks of Fred M. Butler. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 164KB; 900 x 530 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 53144 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 U.S. Atlantic Fleet's Senior Officers and their Flag Lieutenants pose with Lord Northcote, Governor-General of Australia, and other Australian dignitaries, during the U.S. Naval officer's visit to the Governor-General. Taken by the Vice-Regal Photographers. Those present are identified in Photo # NH 53144 (complete caption). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 131KB; 900 x 590 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 91418 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 U.S. Atlantic Fleet's Senior Officers and their Flag Lieutenants on the occasion of their visit to the Governor-General of Australia. Taken by the Vice-Regal Photographers. Those present are, seated, left to right: Standing, left to right: Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 119KB; 900 x 645 pixels |
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For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
Page made 28 October 2008