The Snapshots in Time Collection
The Beach at East LeMoyne, Maine (USS Columbia Album, c. 1900s)
A quiet view of the shoreline at East LeMoyne, Maine, likely photographed during a sailor's leave or family visit. A wooden pier and cargo-loading derrick on the far bank hint at the small-scale maritime commerce common to coastal Maine communities in the early twentieth century. Landscape photographs like this, interspersed among shipboard images, reflect the personal dimension of a sailor's photograph album from the Old Navy era. Project: 218600