A navy-yard street scene, most likely the U.S. Navy Yard at Philadelphia, photographed in the early 1900s. Laborers pave streets and lay rail track amid coal piles, telegraph poles, and a horse-drawn dray, while a large naval vessel lies moored beneath a covered pier shed in the background. Images such as this document the everyday infrastructure and labor of a major American naval shore establishment during the 'Old Navy' era, the period in which this album's owner served aboard the protected cruiser USS Columbia. Project: 218602