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Photo # NH 1203:  RAdm. Robley D. Evans with President Theodore Roosevelt, 1906

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Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, USN, (1846-1912) --
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    Photo #: NH 53360

    Admiral of the Navy George Dewey, USN
    (left)

    Leads Navy Department officers to a courtesy call on President Theodore Roosevelt, 2 January 1905.
    The officer seen in profile (5th from the left of those clearly visible) is Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, USN.
    The State-War-Navy Building, located just to the west of the White House, is in the background.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 177KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1203

    President Theodore Roosevelt
    (2nd from right)

    Reviewing the U.S. Atlantic Fleet from on board USS Mayflower, off Oyster Bay, New York, on Labor Day 1906.
    With him are (from left to left center):
    Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, Commanding 4th Division;
    Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, Commanding 2nd Division; and
    Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, Commanding Atlantic Fleet.
    At right is Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte.
    Halftone reproduction of a photograph by the Pictorial News Company, published in "Army & Navy Life", page 334.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 79423

    Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, USN
    (right)
    with his son,
    Lieutenant Franck T. Evans, USN

    At Paso Robles, California, during the early 1900s.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 76542-KN (Color)

    Embroidered silk souvenir of the Great White Fleet's 1907-1909 cruise around the World

    Probably purchased while the Fleet was visiting the Far East in 1908. Across its center are portraits of (from left to right) Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, who took command of the Fleet after it arrived on the U.S. West Coast; President Theodore Roosevelt; and Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, who commanded the Fleet during its voyage from Virginia to California. Also featured is a depiction of the Fleet steaming in column and a photograph of an unidentified Sailor.

    Donation of Mrs. C.G. O'Fiel, 1972.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 132KB; 440 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 75892

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

    Embroidered tapestry commemorating the cruise, featuring portraits of (from left to right):
    Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, who commanded the Fleet during its voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific;
    President Theodore Roosevelt; and
    Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, who commanded the Fleet after it reached the U.S. West Coast.
    Below the portraits are a depiction of the Fleet underway in column formation, and a round group photograph of three unidentified enlisted men.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Winnie Stanfill, 1969. She retained the original tapestry at that time.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 146KB; 520 x 925 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41652

    Callao, Peru


    Halftone reproduction of a decorative view of Callao harbor, with its lighthouse in the forground, published in a book of Peruvian scenes presented by the Government of Peru to each of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's officers on the occasion of the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Peru, 20-29 February 1908.
    Portraits of the Fleet's four senior commanders are vignetted in the corners. They are, clockwise from upper left:
    Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, Commander in Chief, U;.S. Atlantic Fleet, and of the First Division of the First Squadron;
    Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas, Commander of the Fleet's Second Squadron and its Third Division;
    Rear Admiral (seen here as a Captain) William H. Emory, Commander of the Fleet's Second Division; and
    Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Commander of the Fleet's Fourth Division.
    A representation of Peru's coat of arms is featured in the picture's bottom center and a stylized version of the United States' eagle and shield emblem is at the top.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 55341

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    "Crossing the Line" ceremonies on board the ship, as she crosses the Equator during the first leg of the "Great White Fleet"'s cruise from the Atlantic to the Pacific, early January 1908.
    Atlantic Fleet commander Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans and other officers watch the festivities from the ship's superstructure as a "Polywog" (foreground) is prepared for a dunking.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 55342

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    "Crossing the Line" ceremonies on board the ship, as she crosses the Equator during the first leg of the "Great White Fleet"'s cruise from the Atlantic to the Pacific, early January 1908.
    After being shaved by the Royal Barber, a "Polywog" (foreground) is tipped into the dunking tank to be manhandled by the Mermaid.
    In the background, Atlantic Fleet commander Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans and other officers watch the festivities from the ship's superstructure.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 145KB; 540 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41668

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    After receiving the attention of the "Royal Barber" and other members of King Neptune's Court, a "Polywog" is tipped into the dunking tank for further "processing" as part of Equator crossing festivities during the cruise around the World, early January 1908.
    Atlantic Fleet commander Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans and other officers watch from the ship's superstructure, in the left background.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84943

    Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, USN


    Bust photographed circa the 1960s or 1970s.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 490 x 765 pixels

     

    For other photographs of Robley D. Evans, see:

  • Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, USN, (1846-1912).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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