The Snapshots in Time Collection

On the Sports Deck Near a Coastal Fort, Wainwright Travel Album, circa 1949

On the Sports Deck Near a Coastal Fort, Wainwright Travel Album, circa 1949

Two travelers pause on a ship's sports deck near a historic coastal fortress in this photograph from General Wainwright's 1949 travel album. The hilltop fort, likely Fuerte de San Diego overlooking Acapulco Bay, reflects centuries of Spanish colonial history along Mexico's Pacific coast, viewed here against the backdrop of postwar leisure travel. Project: 218338