The Snapshots in Time Collection

Studio Portrait of Sailors Jack Hardy and Joe Beauchamp, USS San Diego, Mare Island, 1917

Studio Portrait of Sailors Jack Hardy and Joe Beauchamp, USS San Diego, Mare Island, 1917

Sailors Jack Hardy and Joe Beauchamp pose for a formal studio portrait in 1917, their cap tallies identifying their naval assignments, including the armored cruiser USS San Diego. Photographs like this were popular keepsakes among sailors stationed at or passing through Mare Island Naval Shipyard during the World War I era, preserving friendships formed in naval service. Project: 218551