Marine Directing Morning Traffic at the Main Gate, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 1940

Photograph looking across the roadway near the Main Gate Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, showing morning traffic moving through the intersection while an unidentified Marine, likely a Military Policeman in a light-colored (khaki or white) uniform and garrison cap, stands in the roadway with arm raised, directing vehicles. In the line of traffic are a dark, rounded ‘fastback’-style sedan resembling a late-1930s Ford or Chevrolet, a second sedan partially visible behind it, and a boxy stake-bed flatbed truck of similar late-1930s vintage. At right, near a lamppost, is an older, boxier automobile with its spare tire mounted externally on the fender or running board, a style typical of cars from the late 1920s to early 1930s (Ford Model A era), suggesting an older vehicle still in everyday base use. At far left, partly obscured by trees, is a long, boxy vehicle with a stepped roofline — possibly a trolley, motor coach, or utility trailer, though its exact type cannot be determined from the image. A streetcar or trolley pole/lamp standard stands near the median, with large shade trees (one appearing to be a banyan or monkeypod) framing the scene, and a low rope fence lines the foreground walkway. May 1940.