The Snapshots in Time Collection

Silhouetted Waterfront/Compound Scene, U.S. Navy China Service, 1930s (Degraded Negative)

Silhouetted Waterfront/Compound Scene, U.S. Navy China Service, 1930s (Degraded Negative)

A heavily deteriorated photograph from a 1930s U.S. Navy photo album documenting service in China and the Pacific prior to World War II. Though damaged by age, the image preserves a faint record of dockside or compound activity -- likely tied to the U.S. Asiatic Fleet's peacetime presence in China during the interwar years. Project: 218181