NHF-038 Admiral William B. Caperton Collection

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NHF-038-A
12 views taken during Caperton’s visit to the ANDES MOUNTAINS, in about 1918. Personnel identified: Lieutenant Colonel Richard M. CUTTS, USMC (Fleet Marine Officer); Lieutenant H.M. LAMMERS, USN; Paymaster C.S. BAKER, USN; Admiral Caperton.
Also included Chilean Minister of Marine (name unintelligible); envelope from a letter addressed to Rear Admiral Caperton aboard USS WASHINGTON off VERZ CRUZ, from the American Consular Service.
NHF-038-B
Booklet of views of MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY (48 in all). Transferred to Navy Department Library.
NHF-038-C
Brazilian Magazine “Malho”, 29 September 1917, with color cover portraying Admiral Caperton and Brazilian Admiral ALEXANDRINO, standing sentry duty, (cartoon-style drawing). (Note: this is the collection photo.) Transferred to Navy Department Library.
NHF-038-D
10 images of U.S.M.C. Hospital, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI, (doctors only identified by last names: Lieutenant D.G. ALLEN, Lieutenant George Lewis WICKS, RICHTER).
NHF-038-E
21 miscellaneous images of Haiti (Port-au-Prince). Subjects include native Haitians; a market; native Haitians sorting and cleaning coffee beans on the street; native washerwomen; man selling cans of tomatoes on the street; a Haitian family and their home in the hills near Port-au-Prince; the “Indian” motor cycle squad at headquarters; native firemen; US Marines; Marine artillery and motor transport; President of Haiti, DARTIGUENAVE; Dartiguenave’s cabinet and USMC body guard; Dr. BOBO.
NHF-038-F
10 images of Mrs. HODGES’s villa, LENNO (Lake Como) ITALY.
NHF-038-G
11 postcard-size views of SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL. Subjects include buildings; a man holding a cobra; a train; gardens/parks.
NHF-038-H
16 miscellaneous images re: Port-au-Prince, Haiti and President Dartiguenave. Also identifiable in one of these views is Lieutenant H.M. LAMMERS, USN; Lieutenant Junior Grade A.E. ZETTERMAN, USN; Sergeant H.E. MILLER, USMC.
Also included: Haitian soldiers; salute being fired.
NHF-038-I
32 miscellaneous images including: the race course at SANTIAGO, CHILE; CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti; the making of the first Haitian film; NEWPORT, RI; USS CONSTELLATION and USS BOXER (Training Ships), probably at Newport, RI; USN personnel from a landing party, ashore, probably in Haiti, c. 1915; formation of sailors at Naval Training Station, Newport RI; Montevideo, Uruguay; Christmas greetings from Officers and Men of USS CONSTITUTION; statue of Christ of the Andes, on Chile-Argentine border; wreck of SS BELIZE off Port-au-Prince, Haiti;
NHF-038-J
Miscellaneous items: Caperton’s Commission as a lieutenant in the US Navy, dated 17 January, 1890; Program: the South American Cruise of USS TENNESSEE (CA-10), dated 1916, with a torn newspaper clipping; Historical data program on USS Constellation (c. 1940).
NHF-038-K
23 miscellaneous images showing Caperton during duty as CinCPACFLT, and also as Commander, Cruiser Squadron, c. 1915. Personnel identifiable: Captain Edward L. BEACH, USN; Lieutenant Reuben B. COFFEY, USN; Lieutenant John N. FERGUSON; Mrs. Caperton; Captain Roger WELLES, USN; Theodore ROOSEVELT; Uruguayan President Enrique CUEVAS; Rear Admiral C.M. WINSLOW, USN; Brazilian President Wenceslas BRAZ; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina F.J. STIMSON; Mr. DeBILLIER; Major J.T. SMITH, USA; Commander L. McNAMEE, USN; also President Dartiguenave on USS PITTSBURGH (CA-4).
NHF-038-L
Large prints of Anglo-American landing party, BLUEFIELDS, NICARAGUA, 1898, with enlarged reproductions of caption.
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- Navy Leadership
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