The Snapshots in Time Collection
Portrait of an Unidentified Man on a Hillside, Personal Photo Album ("Presideo" Collection)
This snapshot from a private photo album depicts an unidentified man posed on a grassy hillside beside a stone-and-wire boundary fence. Dressed in a long overcoat, three-piece suit, and fedora, his attire is characteristic of everyday menswear from roughly the 1920s to 1940s. A handwritten name in the lower margin, only partially legible today, once identified the sitter to the album's original owner. Though catalogued within a collection associated with the Presidio, this particular image records a personal, non-military moment -- a reminder that military-history archives often preserve everyday family life alongside service-related material. Project: 218574