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NH 106119-KN "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

Photo #: NH 106119-KN "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
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Title: "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
Description: 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 History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 106119-KN
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