The Snapshots in Time Collection
Scrapbook Page: Lisbon Harbor and City Views, Portugal, 1939 (Photographs 114-123)
This page from a 1939 U.S. Navy sailor's scrapbook records the fleet's visit to Lisbon, Portugal, on the River Tagus. Photographs document harbor operations -- including a view of the destroyer USS Jacob Jones moored nearby -- as well as the sailors' shore leave through the city's historic squares and waterfront streets. The mix of naval and civic imagery captures both duty and liberty during a European port call in the final months before World War II. Project: 218720