The Snapshots in Time Collection

Sailor Posed with Deck Gun Breech Mechanism, U.S. Navy Cruiser, Early 1900s

Sailor Posed with Deck Gun Breech Mechanism, U.S. Navy Cruiser, Early 1900s

A sailor poses beside the breech of a secondary-battery deck gun aboard his cruiser, dressed in the informal warm-weather working rig typical of American warships operating in tropical or Caribbean waters at the turn of the twentieth century. Project: 218593