The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 6
An American serviceman's album from the China-Burma-India Theater looks outward at wartime China: hillside temples and terraced rice paddies, a young Nationalist army bugler, a street scene outside a country inn, and a camp mascot on a gravel riverbed. Handwritten caption cards, including one on hiding during a jing bao air raid, preserve the observations that gave these snapshots their meaning.
Handwritten Album Caption: "A Cave of Chinese Idols" — China-Burma Theater Archive
Interior View of Buddhist Temple with Gilded Buddha Statues, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Handwritten Album Caption Card: "Chinese Temple"
Group Portrait of Local Laborers Wearing Conical Hats, WWII China-Burma-India Theater
Handwritten Album Caption: 'Chinese Coolies Working on Our New Runway,' CBI Theater
American Sergeant at Chinese Temple Gate, CBI Theater, WWII
Street Scene in a China-Burma Theater Market Town, WWII Era
Handwritten Caption Fragment: 'Village next to our base,' CBI Theater Archive
River Valley and Rice Paddy Landscape, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Handwritten Album Caption: 'A valley near our base --', WWII China-Burma-India Theater Archive
Portrait of an American Civilian Man in China, WWII China-Burma-India Theater
Handwritten Caption Strip: 'Pat O'Brien's Show', CBI Theater Album
Local Gathering at Rock Outcropping, China Burma India Theater, WWII
Handwritten Album Caption Card: "Hiding During a Jing Bao (Bombing)", CBI Theater, WWII
Chinese Farmer Standing in a Tobacco Field, Rural Village Backdrop — China-Burma-India Theater Archive
Caravan and Hilltop Pagoda, China — WWII China Burma Theater Archive
Handwritten Album Caption Card: "North China"
Handwritten Annotation from a WWII China-Burma-India Theater Personal Photo Archive
Fortified Chinese Town and Terraced Hillside, China-Burma-India Theater, World War II
Handwritten Album Caption Reading 'Northwestern China', CBI Theater Archive
USO-Style Entertainer Performing High-Kick Dance for Troops, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Officer and Companion Beneath Winged Tiger Mural, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Serviceman Relaxing in a River, China-Burma Theater, World War II
Chinese School or Institutional Building with Flagpole and Sports Field, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
P-38 Lightning in Low Flight Over CBI Theater Airfield with Parked B-25 Mitchells
Handwritten Caption Fragment: 'Coming in on a Tactical...', China Burma Theater Archive
American Serviceman Among Chinese Civilians in Marketplace Scene - CBI Theater
Street Scene Outside a Chinese Inn with Man Carrying Child, CBI Theater
Rice Paddy Landscape with Mountains, China Burma India Theater, WWII
Young Chinese National Revolutionary Army Soldier with Bugle, CBI Theater, WWII
USAAF Aviator and Companion Beneath Flying Tiger Mural, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Banquet Table Spread, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Hillside Temple Complex and Rice Paddies, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Interior View of Chinese Temple Statue and Carved Plaque, China-Burma-India Theater Archive
Handwritten Photo Caption Card: 'Mother Carrying Baby,' WWII China Burma Theater Archive
Unit Mascot Dog Resting on a Gravel Riverbed, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Reverse of Photograph with Handwritten Caption Referencing a Pet Dog
Unit Mascot Dog on Riverbank, China-Burma Theater, WWII
Handwritten Letter Fragment Describing a Chow Dog - WWII China Burma Theater Archive
View Through a City Wall Arch Toward a Hostel Compound, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Street Scene with City Gate Tower, China (CBI Theater), WWII
Handwritten Caption Card Reading 'Street Scene,' China-Burma-India Theater Archive
Sidewalk Flower Market on a Chinese City Street, CBI Theater Archive
City Street Scene, China-Burma-India Theater, World War II
Handwritten Album Caption Card: 'Street Scene of One of the Cities' - WWII China-Burma-India Theater Archive
Traditional Bamboo Suspension Footbridge Across a River, China-Burma Border Region, World War II Era
Serviceman Portrait at Tented Encampment, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
