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Photo # NH 1181:  Elephant vendors on board USS Connecticut at Ceylon, December 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visit to Ceylon, December 1908


This page features, and provides links to, views concerning the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Ceylon in December 1908.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Views Ashore on Ceylon, December 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 82983

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

    Local "bumboats" visit the Fleet at Colombo, Ceylon in December 1908.

    Collection of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106123

    Colombo, Ceylon


    Singhalese diver-beggars paddling alongside a U.S. Navy ship, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Ceylon in December 1908.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1746

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Merchants on board USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), during the Fleet's visit to Colombo, Ceylon in December 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1181

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Elephant vendors on board USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), during the Fleet's visit to Ceylon, December 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41648

    Colombo, Ceylon


    Local residents watch from a wharf as "Great White Fleet" Sailors land for a sightseeing liberty, December 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Views Ashore on Ceylon, December 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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