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Photo # NH 101495:  Great White Fleet Sailors pose atop camels at the base of the Sphinx, January 1909

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Sightseeing Ashore in Egypt, January 1909


This page features views of "Great White Fleet" Sailors sightseeing in Egypt, January 1909.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Suez Canal Transit and Visit to Egypt, January 1909.

    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 106130

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Some of the Fleet's Sailors riding camels, assisted by local people, while bound for the Egyptian Pyramids during a sightseeing tour, January 1909.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106129

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    View on the River Nile, Egypt, during a sightseeing tour for U.S. Navy Sailors at the time of the Fleet's January 1909 Suez Canal transit.
    Note the local sailing craft underway on the river and moored to its banks.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106131

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    The Pyramids at Giza, seen from a railroad car line during a sightseeing tour for some of the Fleet's Sailors, January 1909.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106132

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Some of the Fleet's Sailors, accompanied by local guides on camels, at the base of one of the Giza Pyramids, during an Egyptian sightseeing tour in January 1909.
    Note the Fez hats worn by the Sailors.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101495

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


    Three Sailors pose atop camels at the base of the Sphinx, during the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit to Egypt, circa 4 January 1909.
    Note fezzes worn by two dismounted Sailors, and the pyramid in the left distance.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106133

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    The Sphinx and Pyramid of Pharaoh Khafre, photographed during a sightseeing tour to Giza, Egypt taken by some of the Fleet's Sailors in January 1909.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106134

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Some of the Fleet's Sailors pose at the Sphinx with their guides, during a sightseeing tour to Giza, Egypt in January 1909.
    In the right background is the Pyramid of Pharaoh Khafre. Another of the Pyramids is in the left distance.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106135

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Some of the Fleet's Sailors pose at the Sphinx with their guides, during a sightseeing tour to Giza, Egypt in January 1909.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 440 x 765 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Suez Canal Transit and Visit to Egypt, January 1909.

    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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