Admiral Charles S. Sperry

This photo is approximately 8.5 x 11 inches mounted on a white hardboard.  The studio that took the photo is listed as Mitxukoshi & Company, Japan.  The photo is autographed "C. S. Sperry, 1908.  The back is very intersting.  It includes the Admiral's call card and the statement, "This photograph was taken at Shiba Palace Japan, October 1908 while he was in Command of the Atlantic Fleet, during the cruise around the world."  The writing is from the same period.

Charles Stillman Sperry, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., 3 September 1847, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1866. In November 1898 he became commanding officer of Yorktown, and later served as senior officer of the Southern Squadron on the Asiatic Station and as President of the Naval War College. As a rear admiral, he served in the United States delegation to the Geneva Convention and the Second Hague Conference, and as Commander in Chief, Battle Fleet, he led the Great White Fleet during the major portion of its historic cruise around the world in 1907 and 1908. Admiral Sperry retired 3 September 1909, but subsequently was recalled to active duty for special service. He died 1 February 1911 in Washington, D.C.