The Snapshots in Time Collection
Portrait of Sailor 'White,' Silhouette-Cut Photograph - USS Columbia Photograph Album, c. 1900s-1910s
A young sailor identified only as 'White' is preserved in this hand-trimmed studio portrait, cut to his silhouette and pasted into the USS Columbia photograph album, a common decorative technique in early twentieth-century scrapbooks. His uniform, a white jumper with black neckerchief and flat cap, is characteristic of U.S. Navy enlisted dress during the Old Navy era, roughly 1898-1910s. Project: 218597