The Snapshots in Time Collection
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