The Snapshots in Time Collection

View Through Ship's Rigging Toward Chinese Harbor Waterfront, 1930s U.S. Navy Photograph

View Through Ship's Rigging Toward Chinese Harbor Waterfront, 1930s U.S. Navy Photograph

Framed by a ship's rigging, this 1930s photograph looks out over a Chinese harbor, capturing a small steam launch and a distant industrial waterfront. Images like this document the U.S. Navy's peacetime presence in China during the interwar years, when American warships routinely patrolled Chinese waters to protect American interests. Project: 218177