This collection contains the postcards that E. V. Hubbard puchased while ashore during his cruise with the fleet.  Most were not used.  In a way this makes sense as the was his personal collection kept with is possessions onboard the ship.  From several ports there are duplicates which indicates he was mailing cards to friends and relatives and wanted to keep one for himself.  The collection starts in the Phillipines.  This is not suprising because the fleet did a wholesale exchange of sailors from the ships stationed in the Asiatic.  Hubbard most likely joined the cruise from a ship that was stationed in the Phillipines given the number of cards that were from outside Manila.

    Cards from the Philippines

The cards of this group show the everyday aspects of life in the Philippines.  These cards show that Hubbard had a chance to travel in the Phillipines while the average sailor experienced 3 days of rain during the second port visit and did not find time to get outside Manila to visit other areas of the country.  Recruiting these sailors to the fleet cruise provided a wealth of knowledge to ships that had been assembled on the east coast and lacked experience in the South Pacific.
 

Yokohama, Japan

BThe cards that Hubbard collected while in Japan included several commeratives and cards that show the cit streets and architecture.  The card in the center of the group was mailed to Hubbard from a Japanese citizen the day after meeting him.  Another nice card is in the lower left showing the streetcar decorated for the American Fleet's visit.
 

Columbo, Ceylon