The Snapshots in Time Collection

Harbor View from Shipboard Rigging, China/Pacific Station, Pre-WWII Era

Harbor View from Shipboard Rigging, China/Pacific Station, Pre-WWII Era

A sailor's snapshot from the deck of a U.S. Navy vessel, looking across a hazy harbor toward a distant pier and warehouse. Photographs like this, taken by enlisted men with personal box cameras, offer an informal counterpoint to official Navy photography of the pre-World War II Asiatic Fleet era, capturing everyday views of daily shipboard life and foreign ports of call. Project: 218176