The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Ship's cats, a Crossing the Line ceremony, dockside group portraits, and quiet village scenes ashore fill this 1930s record of United States Navy service in China and the Pacific. Preserved on aging negatives, the images document a vanished world of treaty ports and peacetime patrols on the eve of global war.
U.S. Navy Sailors Aboard Ship in Chinese Coastal Waters, 1930s
River Scene Viewed from Vessel Underway, China, 1930s
Street Scene with Bicycle and Pedestrians, China, Pre-World War II
U.S. Navy Sailor Posing on Ship's Deck, China Station, Pre-WWII Era
Tabby Cats Resting Near Bamboo Railing, China Station Photo Album, 1930s
Ship's Cats on Deck, U.S. Navy Vessel, China Station, 1930s
Street Scene at a Dutch Colonial Building, Netherlands East Indies Port Call (US Navy China Station Album, 1930s)
Two Servicemen Beside a Rice Paddy, Pre-WWII China, U.S. Navy Photograph Album
Silhouetted Waterfront/Compound Scene, U.S. Navy China Service, 1930s (Degraded Negative)
View of a Chinese Harbor from a U.S. Navy Ship's Deck, 1930s
Small Coastal Vessel Underway, China Coastal Waters, 1930s
US Navy 'Crossing the Line' (Shellback) Ceremony, China Station, 1930s
Coastal View from Ship's Deck, China Station, 1930s (US Navy Pre-WWII Album)
Dockside Warehouse Viewed Through Ship's Porthole, Netherlands East Indies, 1930s (U.S. Navy China/Pacific Album)
US Navy Ship's Boat Underway off a Coastal Headland, China/Pacific Station, 1930s
Waterfront Loading Dock Scene with Laborers Carrying Shoulder-Pole Baskets, China, 1930s
Photo Negative: Wall Display of Pinned Photographs, US Navy China Station, 1930s
Small Steam Vessel and Coastal Smoke, Viewed from Ship's Deck - Pre-WWII China
US Navy Personnel Servicing Biplane Aircraft Engine, Pre-WWII China (Photographic Negative)
Sailor Coaling Ship Aboard a U.S. Navy Vessel, China Station, Pre-WWII
Ocean Liner Hull and Decks, 1930s Pacific/China Route
Harbor Scene with Chinese Sailing Vessel, 1930s Pre-WWII U.S. Navy China Collection
Steamship at Anchor, US Navy China Station Collection, 1930s (Damaged Negative)
Wall Display of Photographs/Postcards, U.S. Navy China and Pacific Album, 1930s
U.S. Navy Sailors Aboard River Boat/Launch, Pre-WWII China, 1930s
U.S. Navy Sailors Watching a Shipboard Boxing Match, China Station, 1930s
U.S. Sailor and Local Boatman Aboard Harbor Craft, China Station, 1930s (Overexposed Print)
U.S. Navy Sailors Rowing a Ship's Boat, China Station, 1930s
Shipboard Boxing Match, U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet, 1930s China and Pacific Station
U.S. Navy Sailor Feeding a Monkey, China/Pacific Station, 1930s
Elevated View of Deck Rigging and Sailor Aboard US Navy Vessel, China Station, 1930s
U.S. Navy Sailor Crouching in a Wooded Garden Setting - 1930s China and Pacific Collection
US Navy Sailors Performing Deck Chores Aboard Ship, China Station Era
Small Passenger Steamer Underway, China Coast or River, 1930s
Garden or Courtyard Scene, Pre-WWII China, U.S. Navy Sailor's Album
Foreign Warship at Anchor, China Coast, Pre-WWII U.S. Navy Photograph Collection, 1930s
Steamship and Sampans in Chinese Harbor, Pre-WWII
Group Portrait of US Navy Sailors on Dock, China/Pacific Port, 1930s (Asiatic Fleet Era)
Sailors Gathered on Deck for Shipboard Ceremony, U.S. Navy Pacific/China Station, 1930s
Colonial-Era Building and Statue, Treaty Port City, China, 1930s
U.S. Navy Warship Deck View, China Station, 1930s
Small Motor Launch Underway at Sea, U.S. Navy Pre-WWII China Station, 1930s
Local Sailing Vessel Off a Coastal Headland, China/Pacific Coast, 1930s (Pre-WWII U.S. Navy Photograph)
U.S. Marine Corps Officer in Dress Uniform Touring the Ruins of Pompeii, Italy, Pre-WWII Era
Village Scene Viewed from Pavilion, Pre-WWII US Navy China/Pacific Album, 1930s
Double-Exposed Snapshot of Touring Car and Chinese Street Scene, 1930s
U.S. Navy Officers and Sailors Gathered on Deck, China Station, Pre-WWII Era
Sailors Watch a Shipboard Boxing Match Aboard a U.S. Navy Vessel, China Station, Pre-WWII
Sailor Seated in Ship's Ventilator Cowl, US Asiatic Fleet, China Station, 1930s