Great White Fleet

1908_uss_kansasa

Above, a souvenir of the Great White Fleet’s visit to Los Angeles, obtained from that wonderful repository of historic goodies: EBay.

And here’s the 100-year-old message, written from Fullerton:

 

1908_uss_kansasb

 

The Kansas (BB-21) was broken up for scrap in the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard in 1924.

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