This page from a 1939 sailor's scrapbook records the ship's boats at work -- a harbor pilot launch, motor whaleboat, and gig -- ferrying men between the anchored cruiser and shore at Villefranche-sur-Mer. Rare photographs of the warship itself, riding at anchor with its distinctive silhouette of multiple funnels and mast-top fire control, offer a direct glimpse of the vessel the album otherwise documents only through its crew. The lower photographs shift to liberty ashore in Nice, where sailors and local acquaintances pose along the palm-lined promenade, evoking the sociable, easygoing character of interwar naval port calls. Project: 218720