The Snapshots in Time Collection

Coastal Headland and Harbor View, U.S. Navy China/Pacific Photograph Collection, 1930s

Coastal Headland and Harbor View, U.S. Navy China/Pacific Photograph Collection, 1930s

This weathered photograph, taken from a U.S. Navy sailor's personal album, captures a coastal headland somewhere along the China or Pacific station during the 1930s. Images like this document the routine views and ports of call experienced by American naval personnel in the years leading up to World War II. Project: 218177