Captured during a 1939 shore visit to the Netherlands, this scrapbook page records an American sailor's sightseeing between Rotterdam and Den Haag (The Hague). Windmills, canal harbors, open farmland, and an ornate civic landmark in Den Haag are documented alongside a candid photo taken aboard a tour bus with a shipmate identified only by his Navy rating, 'BM' for Boatswain's Mate. These images preserve an ordinary tourist's view of the Dutch landscape in the final months before the outbreak of World War II. Project: 218720