This 1938 scrapbook page combines glimpses of the Guantanamo Bay Marine Base with scenic photographs taken during a US Navy cruiser's port visit to Cuba. Images include the base's outdoor recreation pavilion, local laborers at work in a rural setting, a formal portrait of sailor R.A. Black in dress whites, and a striking sunset over Guantanamo Bay. Personal photo albums like this one, kept by enlisted crew members aboard ships such as USS Trenton, blend documentary and artistic impulses, recording both military installations and the natural beauty encountered during peacetime fleet deployments in the years before World War II. Project: 218720