This page features views taken at and in the vicinity of Tokyo during the "Great White Fleet"'s October 1908 visit to Japan, plus photographs of Tokyo area scenery acquired during that visit.
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Photo #: NH 81444 Lieutenant Commander Benjamin F. Hutchison, USN Invitation from Admiral Count and Countess Heihachiro Togo, Imperial Japanese Navy, requesting that LCdr. and Mrs. Hutchison attend a garden party at the Imperial Garden, Tokyo, on 21 October 1908, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan. At the time, LCdr. Hutchison was Executive Officer of USS Wisconsin (Battleship # 9). Courtesy of Mrs. Worth Sprunt, 1974, from the Collection of Rear Admiral B.F. Hutchison, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 635 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 52786 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 U.S. Atlantic Fleet officers pose with Japanese officers and dignataries, at a garden party in Tokyo, October 1908. Among those seated in the front row are (numbered from left): (numbered from right): Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 201KB; 900 x 635 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 1562 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 U.S. Atlantic Fleet officers pose with Japanese officers and those of other nations, during an entertainment hosted by the Japanese Minister of War in Tokyo, October 1908. Among those seated in the front row are Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Atlantic Fleet Commander in Chief (9th from right) and Rear Admiral William H. Emory (6th from right). Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 218KB; 900 x 725 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 44851-A Rear Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Portrait photograph, taken at Tokyo by Mitsukoshi & Co. in October 1908, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan. See Photo # NH 44851 for a wider version of this image, showing its inscriptions. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 74KB; 565 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 1566 Japanese Scenes Japanese women and cherry blossoms, photographed at Tokyo, 1908. This view is among those obtained during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan in October 1908. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 213KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 1565 Japanese Scenes An elegant Japanese bridge, with people carrying umbrellas, photographed in Tokyo, 1908. This view is among those obtained during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan in October 1908. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 1568 Japanese Scenes Niwa, an old Japanese garden in Tokyo, 1908. This view is among those obtained during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan in October 1908. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 182KB; 740 x 600 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 1563 Japanese Scenes Japanese cherry blossoms in bloom at Sakura, near Tokyo, 1908. This view is among those obtained during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan in October 1908. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 169KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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Page made 29 October 2008