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Photo # NH 106176-KN:  Post card welcoming the Great White Fleet to, Australia.  Artwork by Norman Carter

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visit to Australia, August - September 1908 -- Miscellaneous Views


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":

  • 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 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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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:
    Rear Admiral William H. Emory, Commander, Third Division;
    Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Commander in Chief;
    Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, Commander, Fourth Division; and
    Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, Commander, Second Division.
    Standing, left to right:
    Lieutenant Robert W. Henderson, Aid to RAdm. Emory;
    Lieutenant Daniel W. Wurtsbaugh, Aid to RAdm. Sperry;
    Lieutenant Thomas T. Craven, Aid to RAdm. Schroeder; and
    Lieutenant Stephen C. Rowan, Aid to RAdm. Wainwright.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 900 x 645 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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