A young man standing in front of an office of the Brethren Service Committee. Written on the back: "Taken while going on the ship to take cattle to Italy, Poland and China. Taken before the last trip after the long ride from home. I look kind of dragged out." He is likely one of the "seagoing cowboys" who volunteered to work aboard cattle boats shipping livestock to war-torn areas after the Second World War. Newport News, where most of these boats departed from, is the likely location.

The ship is bound for Greece with a cargo of horses to help replenish livestock depleted after the Second World War. Volunteer livestock attendants, commonly called seagoing cowboys, accompanied the horses.

The ship is carrying horses to help replenish livestock depleted during the Second World War. Cattle chutes have been constructed on the pier. Volunteer livestock attendants, commonly called seagoing cowboys, accompanied the horses.