A U.S. Navy sailor in tropical dress whites strolls a cobblestone street past colonial balconied buildings and a palm-shaded plaza, part of a liberty-call snapshot sequence from a USS Columbia crewman's photo album. Taken during one of the ship's Caribbean or Central American port calls in the late 1890s to 1900s, the image captures the everyday texture of shore leave for American sailors abroad during the Old Navy era. Project: 218602