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Photo # NH 106122:  Sailor enjoys an elephant ride, during the Great White Fleet's visit to Ceylon in December 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Views Ashore on Ceylon, December 1908


This page features views taken on shore during the "Great White Fleet"'s December 1908 visit to Ceylon.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to 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 1779

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Scene at Colombo, Ceylon, during the Fleet's visit there in December 1908.
    Note rickshaws awaiting customers at left and the welcoming gateway in the background.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 425 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1153

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Two of the Fleet's officers ride in rickshaws, while en route from Colombo to Calle Pace during their visit to Ceylon in December 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41663

    Ensign John S. McCain, USN


    Riding in a rickshaw, probably at Columbo, Ceylon in December 1908, during the Atlantic Fleet's cruise around the World.
    He was an officer of USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) at the time.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106164

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Fleet Sailors riding in rickshas while on liberty in Ceylon, December 1908.
    The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106163

    Snake Charmer


    With an audience of "Great White Fleet" Sailors, during their visit to Ceylon, December 1908.
    The original image is printed on post card stock.

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41502

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    The special train transporting Atlantic Fleet officers and men from Colombo to Kandy, during the Fleet's visit to Ceylon in December 1908.
    Many of the Bluejackets thought it would be better to ride on the top of these cars, which caused a halt before each of the many tunnels to get them inside the cars.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106165

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Fleet Sailors in railway cars, during their trip to Kandy, Ceylon in December 1908.
    The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52803

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Sailors from the Fleet en route from Colombo to Kandy, during their visit to Ceylon in December 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1184

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Elephants at work along the railroad to Kandy, during the Fleet's visit to Ceylon in December 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106122

    Kandy, Ceylon


    A U.S. Navy Sailor enjoying an elephant ride, 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: 69KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1485

    Kandy, Ceylon


    The old Buddhist temple of Dalada Malagawa, also called the Temple of the Tooth, photographed during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Ceylon in December 1908.
    A tooth of The Buddha is enshrined here as a sacred relic.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to 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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