The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
The souvenir album of N. Fitchelberg, Musician U.S.N., opens with its worn leather covers and inscription before turning to USS Columbia in dry dock at Philadelphia, the band quarters below decks, and the Engineer Force posed on deck. Liberty pages from Cuba and St. Thomas anchor the album's provenance and place naval service within a sailor's personal world.
Back Cover, USS Columbia Souvenir Photograph Album (N. Fitchelberg, Musician, U.S.N.), c. 1898-1910s
Front Cover, USS Columbia Photograph Album
Front Cover Inscription: 'Souvenir of my Cruise on the U.S.S. Columbia' - N. Fitchelberg, Musician U.S.N., c. 1898-1910s
Two Young Men with Dog, Front Porch Portrait — Front Matter, USS Columbia Album (N. Fitchelberg), circa 1900-1910
USS Columbia (C-12) Dressed Overall for Independence Day, Philadelphia Navy Yard, July 4, 1904
USS Columbia (C-12) Dressed Overall, Philadelphia Navy Yard, July 4, 1904 (Full Frame / Uncropped Duplicate Print)
Group Portrait of the U.S.S. Columbia's Band on Deck
Ship's Band, USS Columbia (C-12), Group Portrait on Deck, circa 1898-1910
Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pa. — Machine Shops and U.S.R.S. Lancaster, with 'Old Chums' Inset Portrait
Working Waterfront Street Scene, U.S. Navy Yard (Philadelphia), with Laborers, Rail Spur, and Moored Vessel, c. 1900s
"Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pa. -- General View" -- USS Columbia and USS Yankee, Mounted Album Page
Philadelphia Navy Yard General View with Moored Steam Vessel (Unmounted Photograph), Companion to Captioned Album Page
"The Columbia in Dry Dock at Philadelphia -- Showing her Powerful Triple Screws", USS Columbia (C-12), Mounted Album Page
USS Columbia Stern and Triple-Screw Propellers in Dry Dock, Philadelphia (Unmounted, Faded Photograph)
Navy Yard at Philadelphia: USS Yankee and Torpedo Boat USS Stringham, with Inset Snapshot 'In St. Thomas, D.W.I.'
Shipboard Group Portrait: 'The Third Division'
Group Portrait of U.S. Navy Crew Aboard USS Columbia, Early 20th Century
The New Dry Dock Under Construction, Philadelphia Navy Yard, with Inset Sailor Portrait and Tropical Shore Scene
The New Dry Dock Under Construction, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia (Full Print, Uncropped)
Shipboard Group Portrait: 'The Engineer Force'
Ship's Company Group Portrait on Deck, Capstan and Secondary Battery Gun, USS Columbia (C-12) Album, c. 1898-1910
Album Page: 'Navy Yard at Philadelphia' with USS Dixie and USS Denver, and Inset 'The Searchlight,' c. 1904-1910
Philadelphia Navy Yard, USS Dixie and USS Denver Moored at Pier, Full Print, c. 1904-1910
Album Page: 'The Harbor of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies,' with Inset Street Scene, c. 1900s-1910s
Harbor of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Full Print, c. 1900s-1910s
Burning of San Domingo, Dominican Republic - February 15, 1904, Viewed from a U.S. Navy Warship
Burning of San Domingo, Dominican Republic - February 15, 1904 (Detail View), from a U.S. Navy Warship
Album Page: Town and Harbor of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, with Related Shipboard Snapshots
Oval Album Photograph of a Four-Stack U.S. Navy Protected Cruiser, Captioned "A Bad Egg," USS Columbia Album
Town and Harbor of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (Full Detail View)
Four Figures in White Uniform on Deck, St. Thomas Port Call ("Little Danes" Detail View)
Sailors Working Along the Rail, Boat Deck of a U.S. Navy Protected Cruiser, c. 1898-1910
Album Page: 'Playing for the Crew,' 'Scrubbing Down Decks,' and 'The Band Quarters,' USS Columbia, c. 1898-1910
Crew Posed with Mops and Brooms, 'Scrubbing Down Decks,' USS Columbia, c. 1898-1910
'The Band Quarters,' Enlisted Berthing Compartment, USS Columbia, c. 1898-1910
'The Funnel Gang Ashore at St. Thomas, D.W.I.,' Liberty Party Group Portrait, c. 1898-1910
U.S. Navy Sailors and Local Residents, Farewell Liberty Party, St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, c. 1905-1910
Street Scene with Tramway and Mining Headframe, Guanajuato, Mexico, c. 1905-1910
Album Page: Liberty Ashore in Cuba, 'Off to the Races,' and St. Thomas, c. 1905-1910
'A Social Hour at Bridge Whist' -- Secretary of War William Howard Taft and Party Aboard Ship, c. 1905-1908
Detail View: 'A Social Hour at Bridge Whist' -- Secretary of War William Howard Taft and Party Aboard Ship, c. 1905-1908
Album Page: The Panama Canal Commission En Route to Panama via USS Columbia, November 1904 — with Secretary of War William H. Taft and Panama Minister Obaldia
Close Detail: Panama Canal Commission Group Portrait Aboard USS Columbia, November 1904 (Cropped Photograph, Companion to Page 055)
Album Page: 'The Cathedral, Panama City, Panama' — Metropolitan Cathedral Facade with Wrought-Iron Plaza Gate
Close Detail: Metropolitan Cathedral Facade, Panama City (Cropped Photograph, Companion to Page 057)
Album Page: 'Street Scene in Panama City, Panama' with Two Additional Fragmentary Street-View Photographs
Street Scene with U.S. Navy Sailor, Colonial Latin American Port Town, c. 1900-1908
Album Page: Hotel Chamberlain and The Dock, Hampton Roads, Virginia, c. 1900-1910