The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 4
Album photographs from USS Columbia around 1904-1905 balance solemn ceremony with shipboard routine, from the Marine honor guard receiving the remains of Ambassador Azpiroz to an improvised barber's chair below decks. Harbor views, port calls at New Haven and in the Caribbean, and portraits in mourning dress preserve the human texture of turn-of-the-century naval service.
Waterfront View at a Tropical Port, USS Columbia Cruise Album
Sailors and Companions Ashore, USS Columbia Cruise Album
Group Portrait of Sailors in Dress Whites Beside a Deck Gun, USS Columbia
USS Columbia Receives the Remains of Ambassador Azpiroz
Marine Honor Guard and Ceremonial Deck Formation Aboard USS Columbia (C-12), c. 1904-1905
Officers and Civilian Party in Mourning Attire, USS Columbia Deck Portrait, c. 1904-1905
Ship's Ensign and Covered Boat in Davits Aboard USS Columbia, c. 1904-1905
Officers and Ladies in Mourning Dress Beneath the Awning, USS Columbia, c. 1904-1905
Scrapbook Page of Shipmates, Mascots and Ports of Call, USS Columbia Album, c. 1904-1905
Portrait of Two Veteran Sailors -- 'Old Joe and Larsen,' USS Columbia, c. 1904-1905
Cut-Out Photograph of Two Sailors, 'B.L. Reilly' and Companion from Kansas, USS Columbia Album
Two Sailors with Ship's Mascot Goat, USS Columbia Album
Cut-Out Portrait of a Ship's Mess Attendant, Captioned 'Ya-Sah!' -- USS Columbia Album, c. 1904-1905
Shipboard Life Album Page: Coaling, Barbering, Band Quarters, and a New Haven Visit -- USS Columbia, c. 1904-1905
Sailors of USS Columbia Gathered on Deck, Turn-of-the-Century U.S. Navy Cruiser
'In the Barber's Chair' -- Below-Decks Grooming Aboard USS Columbia, c. 1904-1905
'Leisure Hours in the Band Quarters' -- Off-Duty Sailors Aboard USS Columbia, c. 1904-1905
'In New Haven, Conn.' -- Officers and Sailors Ashore, USS Columbia Album, c. 1904-1905
Forward View of USS Columbia in Dry Dock, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1905
USS Columbia's Hull and Forward Superstructure in Dry Dock, New Orleans, January 1905 (Enlarged View)
'Medio Camino Popocatepetl, Mexico' -- Souvenir Mountain Photograph, USS Columbia Album, c. 1904-1905
Snow-Capped Peak and Log Cabins, Personal Album Page from USS Columbia Collection
The Floating Dry Dock at New Orleans, Louisiana, with a Multi-Funnel Steamship, c. 1905
USS Columbia in Floating Dry Dock, Undergoing Hull Maintenance
USS Columbia Sailor's Album: Culebra, Puerto Rico, Native Huts and Great Harbor, c. 1905-1915
Sailors in Dress Whites at a Tropical Liberty Port, USS Columbia Album
Harbor View with Anchored Steamer, Caribbean Port Call
Album Page: 'Sailors Ashore at Culebra, U.S.W.I.'
Sailors Ashore at Culebra, U.S.W.I. (Uncaptioned Print)
Album Page: 'Sailing Parties in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 1905'
Sailing Whaleboats in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 1905 (Detail)
Ship's Boats and Anchored Fleet, Early 1900s Naval Album
Panoramic View of Sailing Regatta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Album Page: 'Fun Ashore at Culebra'
Sailors and Local Children at Culebra (Detail)
Album Page: Swimming at Culebra, Armed Landing Party, and Ocean View Steamer
Composite Portrait Collage: 'The Band, U.S.S. Columbia, 1904'
USS Columbia Ship's Band Composite Album Page, 1904
Album Page: Fort Monroe, the Beach at Hampton Roads, and Hospital Steward Westling
Entrance to Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia (Detail)
Rowboat Outing at Hampton Roads, Virginia (Detail)
Hospital Steward Westling, U.S. Navy Dispensary (Detail)
Photograph Album Page: 'The Band' After Coaling Ship, Deck Scene, and USS Illinois - USS Columbia Cruise Album, c. 1905
Close View: 'The Band' After Coaling Ship - USS Columbia, Dry Tortugas, c. 1905
USS Illinois (BB-7) Underway - Detail View, c. 1905
Album Page: Ceremonial Transfer of an Ambassador's Remains at Vera Cruz, Mexico - USS Columbia Album
Detail: Ship's Launch Departing USS Columbia During Ceremonial Transfer, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Detail: Harbor of Vera Cruz, Mexico, c. 1905
