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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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