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Photo #: NH 82984-KN (color)

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1907-1909

"Flying a 'homeward-bound' pennant." -- colored postcard, published by the Middleton Company, Middleton, Connecticut, providing a cartoon depiction of "See the World" aspects of Navy life during the Atlantic Fleet's cruise around the World.
Note the ultra-long ribbon flying out from this Sailor's "Flat Hat".

Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 12 November 2007