Photo #: NH 57386
"Banquet tendered as a welcome to the Atlantic Fleet by
the City of New York, Hotel Astor, 14 October 1912"
Photographed by Drucker & Co., 204 W. 43rd St., New York.
Some of the notables attending (presumably seated at the head
table) were:
President William H. Taft;
Mayor of New York William J. Gaynor;
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus;
Rear Admiral Charles E. Vreeland;
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger;
Rear Admiral Cameron M. Winslow;
Rear Admiral Aaron Ward;
Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight;
Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining; and
Rear Admiral Nathanel R. Usher.
Note banners hanging around the room, bearing the names of battleships
and armored cruisers.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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