On board the passenger cruise ship Gripsholm (1925) while in the harbour at Bahia, Brazil manoeuvring towards her berth. The photographer is on the centreline of the promenade deck looking to port and slightly aft showing the bows of lifeboats 16 and 16a under their davits. Four small sailing vessels are alongside the quay and a church is on top of a wooded hill. A vertical format negative.