The Snapshots in Time Collection

Hillside Overlook with Stone Wall, US Navy China Station Album, 1930s

Hillside Overlook with Stone Wall, US Navy China Station Album, 1930s

This weathered snapshot from a 1930s US Navy China Station album captures a scenic hillside overlook, likely photographed by a sailor during shore leave in one of China's treaty port cities. Personal photographs like this document the everyday experiences of American servicemembers stationed in Asia in the years before World War II drew the Pacific into global conflict. Project: 218176