The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 5
Servicemen's snapshots from the China-Burma-India Theater turn away from the flight line toward the world around it: a Chinese memorial arch beside a damaged building, a water buffalo on a Burmese hillside, busy street markets, rickshaws, and a North African transit stop. Handwritten album captions accompany the images, preserving the civilian landscapes and ordinary moments that framed wartime service.
Two Boys with Homemade Wagons and Family Dog on Residential Sidewalk, c. 1920s-1930s (Non-Military Item, Appears Misfiled in CBI Archive)
Horse-Drawn Cart on Cobblestone Port Street, WWII-Era Transit Stop, China-Burma-India Theater Archive
American Serviceman on Camel at the Pyramids of Giza, WWII Era
Street Scene with Horse-Drawn Carriages and Domed Building, India, WWII China-Burma-India Theater
American Serviceman's Snapshot of Local Youths, North African Transit Stop — CBI Theater Archive
Street Market Scene, China-Burma-India Theater, World War II
American Servicemen Climbing Hillside Path Above Rice Paddies, CBI Theater, WWII
Handwritten Album Caption Fragment: 'Path to River --', China-Burma-India Theater Archive
Servicemen Descending Hillside Steps Above Rice Paddies, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Aerial/Elevated View of Rice Paddies and Village, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Four Servicemen at a CBI Theater Airfield, World War II (China Burma India)
Handwritten Caption Fragment, WWII China-Burma Theater Archive
Serviceman Leaning on Aircraft Tail Section, CBI Theater, WWII
Guyed Antenna Towers, China-Burma-India Theater Archive
American Serviceman with Bicycle in Chinese Courtyard, CBI Theater, WWII
Rice Paddy Landscape with Distant Farmer and Water Buffalo, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Servicemen Gathered in Barracks Tent, CBI Theater, WWII
Handwritten Pencil Album Caption Fragment, China-Burma-India Theater Scrapbook (WWII)
Servicemen Working at a Table in a Tent or Hut Interior, CBI Theater, WWII
Twin-Engine Aircraft in Low Flight Over CBI Theater Airfield
Street Scene with Market Stall and Pedestrian, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Shirtless American Serviceman Posing Outdoors, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Handwritten Album Caption: 'Taken on the Basketball Court' - CBI Theater Archive
Burma Hillside Terraces and Animal Study, CBI Theater
Handwritten Pencil Caption Fragment Reading 'My Chinese Chow-dog,' CBI Theater Archive
American Serviceman at Chinese Temple Guardian Statue, WWII China-Burma-India Theater
Handwritten Album Caption: 'Chinese Idol,' CBI Theater Archive
Chinese River Houseboat and Cormorant Fishermen, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Handwritten Caption Card: 'A Ferry Crossing on One of the Small Rivers' — China-Burma Theater Archive
Chinese Civilians with Cotton Bales — China-Burma-India Theater, World War II
Handwritten Album Caption: 'Market Place Selling Wool, Hsian, China', CBI Theater Archive
Roadside Vendor with Spinning Wheel and Woven Goods Tray, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Handwritten Album Caption - 'Chinese Woman Merchant Weaving,' CBI Theater Archive
Carved Buddhist Arhat (Luohan) Figures in Chinese Temple Grotto, WWII CBI Theater
Traditional Chinese Memorial Arch (Paifang) with Damaged Building Beyond, CBI Theater, WWII
Unpaved Road Through Hill Terrain, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Hazy Mountain Valley Landscape, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Serviceman at Traditional Building with Latticed Balcony -- China-Burma Theater, WWII
Mountain Valley Landscape, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Era
Water Buffalo on Hillside, Burma, WWII China-Burma-India Theater
Handwritten Caption Card -- "Kinda Tough Huh!"
Handwritten Caption Card: 'This is Vick, A Tame Bear,' CBI Theater Airfield Album
Chinese City Street Scene, WWII China-Burma-India Theater Archive
USO-Style Camp Show with Hula Dancer, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Album Caption Page: 'Pat O'Brien's Show' - WWII China Burma Theater Archive
Street Scene with Rickshaws and Pedestrian, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Handwritten Album Caption Page, "Ricksha's & a-nother slopey girl" - CBI Theater Photo Album
Elevated View of a Chinese Walled Gate Tower and Temple Grounds, WWII China-Burma-India Theater
