Handsome Young Sailor, USS San Francisco, C. WW2 Snapshot vintage ledger book Individual leather cups measure about

Individual leather cups measure about 3 1/4" tall

I must say I like the back almost as much as the front of this early stereoview

he looks to me poised perhaps for other things

Uneveness to the right edge

Handsome Young Sailor, USS San Francisco, C. WW2 Snapshot vintage ledger book Individual leather cups measure aboutA handsome, sensitive looking, very young sailor, late 1930s or so, I believe (looking a bit like a young Barack Obama to me!), with his hat reading USS San Francisco. Commissioned in 1934, the USS San Francisco was one of the most decorated ships of WW2, used heavily in the South Pacific. I especially like photos of young sailors who look like they've just put on their uniforms for the first time and are posing for a photo to leave with their mother;