These two snapshots, mounted together in a personal photo album belonging to New York police officers who served in France during World War I, capture a lighthearted moment of leisure. Posing on a curiously bent tree trunk - a popular novelty photo subject of the era - the men, dressed in their civilian best, pause for a playful portrait, offering a glimpse of camaraderie and downtime enjoyed by servicemen far from home in the early twentieth century. Project: 218517