Saturday, July 20, 2013

U.S. Navy Sailor, Early 20th Century, Ralph V. Clark


This is a photo of Ralph V. Clark, a sailor in the US Navy.  It was taken by R. Yamamoto of Yokohama, Japan.

I cannot date this precisely, but I believe it to be early 20th century, pre-WWI.    It is interesting that the photographer information is displayed using the Latin alphabet - I imagine it was a busy port and they learned to cater to their visitors.

Someone has written on the back - "Ralph V. Clark, brother of Frank B. Clark".  It's a nice example of what a Naval uniform looked like at the time.

I also have a photo of his brother Frank, same era, but it's not as good and there is no photographer information.

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2 comments:

  1. What caught my attention, and yes, I laughed, was the "set decoration" - neither Naval or Japanese...Funny.

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