This informal snapshot, taken from a U.S. Navy sailor's personal photo album documenting service on the China Station during the 1930s, shows a group of tabby cats resting near a bamboo structure. Cats were commonly kept aboard naval vessels and at shore facilities to control rodents, and were popular subjects for sailors' personal cameras. Images like this offer a glimpse of everyday, off-duty life during America's prewar naval presence in China and the Pacific. Project: 218181