The Snapshots in Time Collection

Distant Vessel Silhouette on Horizon, US Navy Asiatic Fleet Collection, China, 1930s (Underexposed Negative)

Distant Vessel Silhouette on Horizon, US Navy Asiatic Fleet Collection, China, 1930s (Underexposed Negative)

A dimly captured image from the 1930s shows a distant vessel on the water, likely photographed from a U.S. Navy ship patrolling Chinese coastal or river waters during the interwar Asiatic Fleet era, when American gunboats maintained a presence to protect U.S. interests in China prior to World War II. Project: 218177