City May of Melbourne for the Fleet's Visit

Australia

At left was issued for use during the fleet's visit to Melbourne showing the railway lines and stations.  

The cards above include 3 cards from Cox's Cave with written descriptions of the trip and a Melbourne welcome card.

This booklet of 'Commonwealth Views' was a gift to Wilbur by a Miss May Smith.  "With every good wish & sincere hope that your recollections of our "Bonnie City" will be pleasant one.  Cordially Yours"

This is an outstanding may of Sydney Harbor showing the transportations systems and main streets of the city.  No doublt it was used by Wilbur to get around the city during his visit.

This is a nice little booklet announcing an event for the Odd Fellows while visiting Melbourne.

The Phillipines

Left:  A schedule of events for the fleet's visit to Manila, Noverber 26th.

Right:  This  schedule was printed with a first date of December 1st, 1908 and describes the itinerary of the fleet's movement unitl its return to Hampton Roads.

The schedule shows visits to Genoa and Leghorn, visits that were later canceled due to the earthquake in Italy. 

Cards and Booklets from visiting Japan

This set of cards was issued for the fleet's visit and contains pictures of Admiral Sperry on the Pier, photos of the fleet units, the fleet arrival, views of Japan, the welcome in Yokohama, and sailors enjoying the street decorations.

Right:  This was a guide issued for the benefit of sailors visiting the city of Tokyo.  It lists all of the sites of interest within the city and events planned for sailors while ashore.  It also includes the offer to ride the railway for free provided a sailor is in uniform.

Above  The American and Japanese hymns provided by the YMCA for the fleets visit.

Above is the Jiji Shimpo supplement for the fleet's visit.  The paper was printed in both Japanese and English with information about the fleet officers, greetings for senior Japanese admirals, and a history of the American Navy in Japan staring with Commodore Perry.

A supplement of the Official Program for the fleet's visit.  This was something that Wilbur may have gotten a copy of by working in ships's office.  It contains all of the requirements for attendance and uniforms for each event of the fleets visit.  On the back are names of fleet units and shipmates onboard the USS Virginia.

At left is an invitation to the Japanese Tea Hall in Yokohama, outside the train station.

At right is a 'Lunch Ticket' for the meal planned at Uyeno Park in Tokyo by the Americas Friend Association.

These are the tickets printed for use by fleet sailors on railways in Japan.  At left the ticket and envelope for the line between Yokohama and Tokyo.  At right, the ticket between Yokohama and Kamakura or Fujisawa.

This booklet details the product of the George Washington Company, a silk embrodery company making flags, pennants, souvinors, paintings and other items for fleet sailors.  For the Great White Fleet they made special silk hangings that were framed entitled 'Our trip around the World'.  Below are pages from this book.

The Goto Sobey Silk Store booklet was what Wilburn wrote his list of items on while visiting Yokohama.  It was probably quite handy with the map included on the inside for finding your way around Yokohama.

The cards above are Wilbur's collection from Yokohama.  They show the fleet peir and custom house and varied views around the city.  In the upper middle is a card that was hand drawin and painted.  This was most likely a gift from one of the many school children that lined the street during the fleet's parade.