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Souvenir to Commemorate the Visit of The United States Fleet to Victoria, Australia, July 1925
Souvenir to Commemorate the Visit of The United States Fleet to Victoria, Australia, July 1925

Souvenir to Commemorate the Visit of The United States Fleet to Victoria, Australia, July 1925

Date1925
Object number00019563
NamePhotograph album
MediumCard, silk cord, gilt, black and white photographic prints on paper (bromide silver gelatin prints)
DimensionsOverall: 240 x 325 x 20 mm, 460 g
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
DescriptionThis commemorative photograph album 'Souvenir / to Commemorate the Visit of / The United States Fleet / to Victoria, Australia, / July 1925' is comprised of 11 photographic prints. The photos depict USS SEATTLE; Melbourne Town Hall; American marines along Swanston Street; multiple photos of the exhibition building decorated for the Lord Mayor’s Ball; American sailors passing the saluting base at Parliament House; and the external of the Melbourne Exhibition Building.SignificanceThis photograph album is significant as a souvenir of the 1925 goodwill cruise of the United States Pacific Fleet to Australia, which renewed the Australian-American alliance established by the Great White Fleet visit in 1908. The 1925 visit contributes to a long history of US Naval visits to Australian ports starting with the US Exploring Expedition in 1839-1840, followed by the 1908 visit of the Great White Fleet and later visits in the 1940s in the lead-up to World War II.