This album page records a lighthearted excursion during USS Trenton's (CL-11) January 1940 port call at Madeira, Portugal. Sailors including 'Black,' 'W.I. Smith,' and the album's owner posed for photos in a traditional Madeiran wicker basket sledge, a popular tourist conveyance for the descent from the hills above Funchal, and visited a flower-decorated hilltop shrine some 3,600 feet above the town. The captions' wry humor ('Pretty Soft,' 'Taking it Easy') reflects the camaraderie of sailors enjoying a rare day of leisure ashore. Project: 218720