Maritime Labor and Global Travel, Shipboard Worker’s Photographic Record Across Africa, Latin America, and North America, 1930s to 1940s:
Early twentieth century travel photo album, compiled by “Jake,”documents the working life and global mobility of a merchant ship crewman during the 1930s and 1940s, with sustained visual attention to port cities across Africa, the Americas, and the United States. The album supports research into maritime labor, informal American commercial.....