Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome black and white On 7 July 1846, during the Mexican-American War, Commodore John D. Sloat, disembarked from his flagship, the frigate Savannah, at Monterey and claimed California for the United States. Commodore John D. Sloat, USN. Photograph reproduction from a published engraving in “Century Magazine,” Volume 40, May to October 1890. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 44938. On 7 July 1846, during the Mexican-American War, Commodore John D. Sloat, disembarked from his flagship, the frigate Savannah, at Monterey and claimed California for the United States. Commodore John D. Sloat, USN. Photograph reproduction from a published engraving in “Century Magazine,” Volume 40, May to October 1890. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 44938. |