Three shipmates in the U.S. Navy's dark blue jumper uniform, with its characteristic triple-striped white collar, appear together in this weathered composite photograph, trimmed and arranged as a keepsake within the album. Such improvised group arrangements, made by cutting and layering individual portraits, were a common way for sailors aboard vessels like USS Columbia (C-12) to commemorate their closest companions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Project: 218601