illuminations
16 photos and 1 illustration tagged illuminations, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.
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- celebrations
- lights
- sydney
- spectacular
- navy
- postcards
- lightshow
- usnavy
- usn
- 1908
- unitedstatesnavy
- navalvessel
- americannavy
- greatwhitefleet
- navalpersonnel
- americanships
- usnavyvisit
- americanfleetvisit
- sydneyilluminations
- sydneyharbour
- australianamericanmaritimeexperiencecollection
- circularquay
- battleships
- fortdenison
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- Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
- State Library of Queensland
- The Library of Congress
- Royal Australian Historical Society
- National Library of Medicine
- State Library of New South Wales
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Recent uploads
The last upload was October 2024.
Illuminations from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Peace illuminations in Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland, July 1919 from State Library of Queensland uploaded November 2018
Peace illuminations in Brisbane, Queensland after World War I, July 1919 from State Library of Queensland uploaded November 2018
Sydney Town Hall Night Illumination from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded January 2014
Searchlight Practice - USA Fleet from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
USA Fleet visit, Circular Quay, Sydney illuminated from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
USA Fleet illuminations in Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
USA Fleet illuminations, Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
USA Fleet illuminations in Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
NSW greets USA - Sydney illuminations from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
General Post Office and Martin Place in Sydney illuminated from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
Sydney railway station illuminations USA Fleet visit from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
Sydney Town Hall Illuminations during the USA Fleet visit from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded September 2013
Searchlight practice, USA Fleet from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded September 2013
'To the kinship of the Mayflower', Customs House, Sydney from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded September 2013
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USA Fleet illuminations, Sydney Harbour
- Patrick McDonald said:
Searchlight practice, USA Fleet
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beachcomber australia said:
Evidently there was a real drama at the time - the searchlights were used to locate a Man Overboard. Read All About It and the rest of the occasion same page - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15018778
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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Wow what a great angle to the story of the event :)
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Peter D. Tillman said:
Wow, cool photo. Added to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_in_Australia#Events Thanks for posting these!
Riverside Drive Illumination (LOC)
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shorpydotcom said:
This is upside down.
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The Library of Congress said:
Fixed orientation (finally). Thanks, shorpydotcom.