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Photo # NH 106120-KN:  Postcard commemorating the Great White Fleet's visit to Japan

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visit to Japan, October 1908 -- Miscellaneous Views


This page features, and provides links to, miscellaneous views related to the "Great White Fleet"'s October 1908 visit to Japan.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Presentation of a Loving Cup to the Officers and Men of the Imperial Japanese Navy; and
  • -- Visit to Japan, October 1908.

    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 106120-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This card features a colored view of the Fleet steaming in column, plus vignettes of a Japanese lady using small binoculars and a group of three U.S. Navy officers.
    The reverse of this card is essentially identical to that seen in Photo # NH 106114-A-KN. The card was mailed on 20 December 1908 from Seattle, Washington, to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106121-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This embossed card features a broadside view of a Connecticut class battleship and the message "Welcome American Fleet".
    See Photo # NH 106121-A-KN for a view of the reverse of this card, which was mailed from Japan to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106121-A-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    Reverse of a postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This card was mailed from Japan to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.
    See Photo # NH 106121-KN for a view of the front of this embossed card, featuring a broadside view of a Connecticut class battleship and the message "Welcome American Fleet".

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106115-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This card features pictures of buildings and scenes at (clockwise from top center): Miyajima, Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Kamakura, Enoshima, Nara, Nagoya and Nikko; plus a view of one of the U.S. battleships.
    The reverse of this card is essentially identical to that seen in Photo # NH 106114-A-KN. The card was mailed on 20 December 1908 from Seattle, Washington, to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106114-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This card features pictures of the Fleet's sixteen battleships, plus images of three Japanese ladies, plus flags and symbols of the United States and Japan.
    See Photo # NH 106114-A-KN for a view of the reverse of this card, which was mailed on 21 December 1908 from Seattle, Washington, to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106114-A-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    Reverse of a postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This card was mailed on 21 December 1908 from Seattle, Washington, to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.
    See Photo # NH 106114-KN for a view of the front of this card, featuring pictures of the Fleet's sixteen battleships and three Japanese ladies, plus flags and symbols of the United States and Japan.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106119-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This embossed card features a portrait of the Fleet's Commander-in-Chief, Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN, and the flags of the United States and Japan.
    See Photo # NH 106119-A-KN for a view of the reverse of this card, which was mailed from Japan to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 134KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106119-A-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    Reverse of a postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This card was mailed from Japan to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.
    See Photo # NH 106119-KN for a view of the front of this embossed card, featuring a portrait of the Fleet's Commander-in-Chief, Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN, and the flags of the United States and Japan.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106188-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909

    Post card published by the Mitsukoshi Gofukuten department store, Tokyo, welcoming visitors at the time of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's stop there, October 1908.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Presentation of a Loving Cup to the Officers and Men of the Imperial Japanese Navy; and
  • -- Visit to Japan, October 1908.

    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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