The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
Life aboard an Asiatic Fleet warship comes into focus here, from a sailor typing at his desk and a mascot puppy on deck to seamanship knot boards, moored gunboats dressed in signal flags, and a floatplane pilot at his open cockpit. These candid 1930s views humanize the American naval presence along China's coast and rivers.
U.S. Navy Sailors Relaxing on Ship's Deck, China Station, Pre-World War II
U.S. Navy Biplane Floatplane with Pilot in Cockpit, China/Pacific Station, 1930s
U.S. Navy Sailor with Ship's Mascot Puppy Aboard Vessel - Pre-WWII China Station Collection
U.S. Navy Sailor at Rest on Deck, China Station, 1930s
U.S. Navy Sailor with Touring Automobile in Pre-WWII China, 1930s
Sailor Typing at Shipboard Desk, U.S. Navy China Station, 1930s
U.S. Navy Sailor Seated in Bulkhead Opening Aboard Ship, 1930s China/Pacific Deployment
Seascape with Distant Coastline, 1930s China and Pacific - US Navy Pre-WWII Collection
U.S. Navy Sailors Relaxing on Ship's Bow, China Station, Pre-WWII 1930s
River or Harbor Scene, China Station, U.S. Navy Photo Album, 1930s
U.S. Navy Sailor Seated Beside Deck Gun Aboard Warship, China Station, 1930s
Small Coastal Trading Vessel at Anchor, China Station — US Navy Asiatic Fleet Snapshot, c. 1920s–1930s
Two Young Men Posing with Roadster Automobile, Pre-WWII Era, c. 1930s
U.S. Navy Personnel Posing with an Automobile, China, 1930s (Double Exposure)
Harbor City View from Shipboard, Likely Naples, Italy, 1930s
Scenic Waterfront View with Hillside Villas and Passenger Train, Pre-WWII US Navy Negative, 1930s China and Pacific Collection
Small Steam Launch Underway, U.S. Navy China Station — 1930s
Sailors on Deck, U.S. Navy Ship, China Station, 1930s
Two Women in 1930s Fashion at a Social Gathering, Pre-WWII China
Coastal City Skyline Viewed from Ship, Likely Mediterranean Port, 1930s Navy China Collection
Steam Launches Photographed from a U.S. Navy Vessel, China, circa 1930s
Forecastle View, US Navy Vessel, China Station, 1930s (Pre-WWII)
U.S. Navy Shore Ceremony with Color Guard, Waterfront Park, China or Pacific Station, 1930s (Overexposed Print)
Coastal Hillside Town Viewed from Ship, China Station, 1930s
Sailor with Puppy on Ship's Bow, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, China Station, 1930s
U.S. Navy Sailors on Deck, China Station, Pre-WWII (1930s)
View of Chinese Waterway and Shoreline from Navy Ship's Deck, 1930s (Pre-WWII China Album)
U.S. Navy Sailor with Local Boy and Rickshaw, China, 1930s (Pre-WWII China Station Collection)
U.S. Navy Seamanship Knot Board Display, 1930s China Station
US Navy Sailor Boarding a Biplane Floatplane, Asiatic Fleet, China Station, 1930s
Decorated Festival Arch Above Hotel Storefront, Likely Ceylon or South/Southeast Asia (1930s)
Coastal Headland Viewed from Shipboard, Pre-WWII China/Pacific Cruise
U.S. Navy Vessel Rigging and Moored Gunboat, Chinese River Port, 1930s
US Navy River Gunboats Moored at a Chinese Waterfront, Pre-WWII China Station Collection, 1930s
US Navy Sailors Posed Before Ship's Motor Launch, China Station, Pre-WWII
Young Man in Striped Bathing Suit on Beach, 1930s China/Pacific Album
