Historical information
Original souvenir postcard featuring the U.S.S. Connecticut the Flag Ship of the “Great White Fleet”. The visit of the US Navy Battleships stopped in Melbourne in September 1908.
The Auto Club ferried about 100 officers to the Yarra Valley/Black Spur via Eltham, Research and Kangaroo Ground.
Physical description
Digital file only - scanned by EDHS from item on loan
References
- Photograph - Visit of U.S.A. Fleet to Melbourne, near Research, 1908. Officers of the US Fleet motoring through The Shire and being welcomed by the locals
