Photo #: NH 91815
USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5)
Ship's officers and men posed on the battleship's foredeck and
superstructure.
Photograph copyright 1906 by Enrique Muller and published at
about that time, in color-tinted form, on a postal card by the
American News Company, New York.
Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (Retired), 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Note: Though the original postal card was printed
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Photo #: NH 67644
USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5)
Crewmen posing on deck amidships after coaling ship, circa 1904.
This view was probably taken when Kearsarge was serving
in the Caribbean as flagship of the North Atlantic Fleet.
Courtesy of Captain E.G. Gardner, Jr., USN (Retired), 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 67645
USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5)
Cast members of the ship's minstrel show, circa 1904.
Courtesy of Captain E.G. Gardner, Jr., USN (Retired), 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 67646
USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5)
Members of the ship's football team, circa 1904.
Courtesy of Captain E.G. Gardner, Jr., USN (Retired), 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 67648
USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5)
Members of the ship's baseball team, circa 1904.
Courtesy of Captain E.G. Gardner, Jr., USN (Retired), 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 67649
USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5)
Members of the ship's athletic teams pose on deck amidships,
circa 1904.
Among the sports represented are baseball (with flag for the
1904 championship), football and rowing.
Courtesy of Captain E.G. Gardner, Jr., USN (Retired), 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 95099
"Pardonable Pride"
Cartoon by John L. DeMar, published on page 35 of the book "Bohemia",
by the International League of Press Clubs, 1904.
It depicts "Uncle Sam" showing off the results of recent
U.S. Navy heavy gun target practice, apparently conducted by
USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5), to the naval figures of
England, Germany, France and Italy, as warships of Japan and
Russia battle in the background.
Courtesy of Larry Franklin, 1983.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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