Historical Watercraft

Sepia-toned photographs of classic sailing ships and boats on serene waters. The images evoke nostalgia for past maritime journeys.

Side view of a jetty on the Suez Canal, with palm trees and buildings behind it. Taken from onboard as the ship passes down the canal. Original manuscript caption: Station on Suez Canal.

Lineboat Tension, G. Headley, 1920 - 1940 photograph This photo is part of an album. Netherlands photographic support sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Virginia - Thimble Shoal. Thimble Shoal Light Station, Virginia.

View of the Rijnkade in Arnhem, Andries Jager (Possible), 1860 - 1890 cabinet photograph Arnhem Publisher: Amsterdam cardboard. photographic support albumen print canals, waters (in city). sailing-ship, sailing-boat Arnhem. Rhine

Alabama - Mobile Bay. Mobile Depot, Alabama. Hurricane damage, July 5, 1916. Norwegian bark ashore Ship Island, Mississippi.

Boat nearing shore. Unknown, photographer about 1885-1895 A boat nearing the shore. The sails of the boat are down and there are silhouettes of figures on deck. The sky is cloudy.

Side view of a jetty on the Suez Canal, with palm trees and buildings behind it. Taken from onboard as the ship passes down the canal. Original manuscript caption: Station on Suez Canal.

Motor ships on the Maas, on the horizon (presumably) the Barendrecht bridge; Mesh. Part of topographic album of Dutch villages and cities 1905.

Deck of S.S. Manitoba. Unknown maker, British

Dutch ship, 1900 - 1922 stereograph A Dutch steamship, lying for anchor. Part of a group of stereo photos of Robert Julius Boers, chief of the state-owned company De Banka-Tinwinning on Banka, from the period ca. 1900-1922. Bangka photographic support. cardboard Dutch East Indies, The

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destructions 1940 The Netherlands - R to Z. IJmuiden. The harbor after the capitulation of the Netherlands in May 1940 paid passenger ship J.P. Coen. May 1940. The Netherlands

Ship on the water; On the flood ..

Boats in Vollendam, Holland, circa 1913, Holland, by George Crombie.

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Kronborg. Photograph Of Fore Side Of Gridge Bridge. Date May 1918. S. S. - Kronborg: - Nationality: - Danish, Tonnage: -Gross: -3514.95. Captain: - H. Sorensen. Owners: - C. K. Hansen. & Co. Where from: -Pisagua, Chili Chile. Destination, Norfolk, Va. Where photographed: - Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By whom: -J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - May 20th., 1918.. 1918-05-20T00:00:00.

Boat trip on a Chinese sailing ship. The passengers are blank the crew chinese

In the cove , Boats, Harbors. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Peary's Ship 1893-95 Robert E. Peary American. Peary's Ship. Robert E. Peary (American, 1856-1920). 1893-95. Albumen silver print from glass negative. Photographs

Maryland - Hooper Island. Hooper Island Light Station, Maryland.

View of a steamer and Brooklyn Bridge tower. American scenery. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867 - 1910. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Bridges , New York (State) , New York, Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.), East River (N.Y.), Bridge construction , New York (State) , New York

Rowing boat with sail on the Suezkanaal, C. & G. Zangaki, 1885 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support albumen print sailing-ship, sailing-boat. rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Suez Canal

View of ships at Tsukiji at Tokyo, Anonymous, c. 1870 - c. 1900 photograph Part of leporelloalbum with 30 photos of sights in Japan. Tokyo paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print travelling; tourism. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. harbour Tokyo

N.Y. & Brooklyn bridge. American views. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867 - 1910. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Bridges , New York (State) , New York, Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.), East River (N.Y.), Bridge construction , New York (State) , New York

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Travel to the Caucasus. View from a ship on a coast and on a ship. 1914

At the Bosphorus. 1870 - 1889. Photographs. Dorot Jewish Division. Bosporus (Turkey), Boats , Turkey

Sailboat and warships off the coast of southern France, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doistau Fils, the army and sights in France. South France paper. photographic support sailing-ship, sailing-boat. sailing-ship, sailing-boat (with NAME) South France

Sailing ships on the water at a Dukdalf. Part of family album including photos of Wijnhandel Kraaij & Co. Bordeaux-Amsterdam.

Hr. Ms. Utrecht, anonymous, 1912 photograph The armored seal Hr. Ms. Utrecht for anchor in the river. Part of the photo album about the life of the Gonggrijp family in Suriname around 1912. Suriname photographic support navy (+ motor ships) Suriname

On Board the HMS Superb.

Face over a river or canal, the Netherlands, with a sailing ship, c. 1900 photograph View over a river or canal, the Netherlands, with a sailing ship and in the background a factory, a steamship and a harbor. Netherlands photographic support. paper gelatin silver print factory in landscape. river (+ landscape with figures, staffage). sailing-ship, sailing-boat Netherlands

Description: Nassau Fishing Schooners. Location: Nassau, Bahamas Date: 1890 caribbean, bahamas, americas, caribbeanthroughalens

California. - San Francisco. Steamer Colorado entering Dry Dock. Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England, 1830 - 1904)

Steamer Chicora - noted blocade (i.e. blockade) runner | Library of Congress

Wooden Sloep (Boot), United States, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of photo album with 53 cyanotypes of children, horses, houses, boats and beach scenes in the United States. United States of America paper. photographic support cyanotype rowing-boat, canoe, etc. United States of America

A number of crew members of the Hohenzollern on one of the scoop flocking of the boat; Auf der Ausreise.

Armored ship. .

A steamship, seen on the back, in a harbor ..

East Boston Ferry. American scenery ; New York City, still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Harbors , New York (State) , New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)

Stoomschip op Zee; Aviso "Griffin" in the fire exercising, south of Hammerfest.

War-Cloud Bomber Dwarfs the B-29. Stretch your imagination a bit and there it is: a gigantic bomber roaring over a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport moving through the dusk somewhere off the Philippines. Prankish nature suddenly constructed the Brobdingnagian bomber in the cloud formation of twilight. Should your imagination miss spotting the bomber, the picture is a Coast Guard-manned transport silhouetted in the sunset off Leyte Island's battle shores.

Image of the U.S.S. "CAPT. CHAS. W. ROWELL" taken in New York harbor, N.Y. in 1921. The photo was taken by a photographer from the Signal Corps. The ship is identified by the symbol "MUNDER 61432". The notes indicate that this is USS Capt. Chas. W. Rowell, with a catalog number of 961432, and its captain's name is Capt. Chas. W. Rowell.

Location: Hong Kong hongkong, asia, asiathroughalens

Elsevier photo collection. Cargo ship "hope trust" ice houses (N.H.). February 1924. Houses, Noord-Holland, Zuiderzee

Sailing ship with a sloop on the Maas, Folkert Idzes de Jong, c. 1905 - c. 1907 photograph Part of topographical album of Dutch villages and towns 1905. Maas photographic support river. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Netherlands. Maas

Face over a river or canal, the Netherlands, with a sailing ship, c. 1900 photograph Netherlands photographic support. paper gelatin silver print sailing-ship, sailing-boat. river (+ landscape with figures, staffage) Netherlands

Misc - Unidentified. Unidentified/Unnumbered Lighthouse Images.

Ship in Water with Bergen, Anonymous in the background, 1860 - 1890 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard albumen print ships (in general). mountains

Sailing ships De Dora and Yvonne in Water, James Adamson (attributed to), c. 1880 - c. 1900 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support albumen print sailing-ship, sailing-boat. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

View of the Walloon Islands Gracht seen to the inside in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, 1900 - 1905 photograph Amsterdam paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print ships (in general). quay. canals, waters (in city) Amsterdam

Historical Transportation - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Evacuation of Aquia Creek steamboats on river. Evacuation of Aquia Creek, June, 1863.. 1865. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Sailing ships on a puddle at Sneek; Sneek. Part of topographic album of Dutch villages and cities 1905.

Freight train on the line.

España. Tarjeta postal. Marina de guerra. Cañones del acorazado Alfonso XIII. Año 1910.

Sailboat with Two Sailors. Louis Fleckenstein (American, 1866 - 1943)

Connecticut - Greens Ledge. Greens Ledge Light Station, Connecticut.

The image shows the SS Oscar II, also known as the Ford Peace Ship, departing from its berth in New York City in April 1918. It was photographed by Brown Bros. and assigned the official number 44812. Please note that this information is for official use only.

Historical Transportation - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Kingston from S. S. Sarnia , Atlas Line Service New York to Jamaica. The 'Perfec-Stereograph', 7698.. Photographs. 1904. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Jamaica, Kingston (Jamaica), Ocean liners

President Wilson and Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson on the bridge of the USS George Washington in New York Bay, New York City. Photograph taken on July 8, 1919.

U.S. ships Imperator and Leviathan seen in the Hudson River at the same time. The U.S.S. Imperator is shown docking at Pier #4 in Hoboken, N.J., which had just been vacated by the U.S.S. Leviathan. Photo taken on July 12, 1919, by Sgt. Steiniger.

The R.R.S "Discovery II" stopped alongside a floe., 1935-1936, Melbourne, by Alfred Saunders.

View of the port in Warnemünde, Rostock, Willem Frederik Piek Jr. (attributed to), 1889 - 1893 photograph This photo is part of an album. Warnemünde baryta paper harbour Warnemünde

Description: Dry Dock, Brisbane-S.S. "Leichardt," in Dock. Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Date: 1886 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Roland. Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Date: - July 20, 1918. Photograph Of: - S. S. Roland Ex Emanuel Sverige. Nationality: - Swedish. Tonnage: -1626. Captain: H. J. Nilsson. Owners: - Axel Brostrom & Son. Of Goteborg, Sweden. Where From: - Rotterdam, Holland. Destination: - Hampton Roades Roads, Va. Then Sweden. Where Photographed: - Fernandina, Fla. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: ) J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - July 10th., 1918. 1918-07-10T00:00:00.

Sailing ships De Velizee, Dragon and Clarissa in Water, James Adamson (attributed to), c. 1880 - c. 1900 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support albumen print sailing-ship, sailing-boat. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

Boats on a water, presumably in Amsterdam. Part of photo album with 35 photos from Amsterdam, people and animals.

Location: Papua New Guinea Date: 1884 papuanewguinea, australasia, australasiathroughalens

N/A - District 5 Buoys. 5th District Buoys

Boston Harbor and East Boston, from State St. block , Piers & wharves, Harbors, Waterfronts

Albania trip Archduke Max, warships in the Bocce di Cattaro. .

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. Visit of his eminence Cardinal Bourne to H.M.S. 'Iron Duke'. Leaving the 'Iron Duke' to visit other ships of the Grand Fleet. 1914-1918}

Photograph of a harbor environment while traveling with Sea Cloud.The foreground is dominated by the quay edge with a bollard.Two sailors promote the furthest quay.On the left side, the store visible by a large steel boat that is moored in the harbor .. Photograph of a port environment while traveling with Sea Cloud.The foreground is dominated by the quay edge with a bollard.Two sailors promote the furthest quay.On the left side, the store visible by a large steel vessel that is moored in the harbor.

Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822-1902), Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Impregnable, 1853-1854, salted paper print

Ships Grouped at Dock. Louis Fleckenstein (American, 1866 - 1943)

View of sailboat, Hudson River, Lona Island. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1891 - 1896. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State)

Excursion from the staff from the Martial History section to Gorinchem and locked Loevestein. Visit to the sailing and diver school in Gorinchem.

Vtootosers on the Rede Van Describe-Sur-Mer, c. 1870 - c. 1900 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Italy and southern France. Villefranche sur mer paper. photographic support albumen print gulf, bay (+ landscape with figures, staffage). ship in the roads, roadstead. sailing-ship, sailing-boat (with NAME) Villefranche sur mer

Blue Point oyster boats.. Bricher, Alfred Thompson (1837-1908). Proofs, Cards. 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Oceans, Clouds, Sailboats

Riverbank scenery, circa 1930, by Eric Lee-Johnson.

Men on the quay in the port of Concarneau, 1901 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Concarneau paper. photographic support pier, quay, wharf. harbour (+ view ~ vehicle, ship, etc.) Concarneau

Passenger steamer in front of an unknown city

Elsevier photo collection. "The harbor from" fishermen vessels leave port Scheveningen. 1933. Scheveningen

Kade met masten, anonymous, c. 1907 - c. 1910 photograph Quay with masts of sailing ships. Part of the loose-leaf photo album with 39 photos of a trip through the Netherlands, ca. 1907-1910. Netherlands cardboard. photographic support sailing-ship, sailing-boat. pier, quay, wharf Netherlands

LA - Port Eads Depot. Port Eads Depot, Louisiana. Additional unidentified negatives.

The Mackinaw Clears The Way. This image depicts the icebreaker "Mackinaw" running interference for four seagoing freighters through the ice-covered St. Mary's River.

With Vigilance Renewed. Because, 34 years ago today (14 - 15 April, 1912), 1, 517 men, women and children lost their lives when the beautiful, shining new Titanic, on her maiden voyage, crashed her "unsinkable" bow into just such a floating giant, Coast Guardsmen aboard a cutter attached to the International Ice Patrol pay slight attention to a huge iceberg floating by. All shipping is already warned by the patrol of its location and direction of drift.

The derelict , Boats, Piers & wharves. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Retransport of empty cable drums.ur Album Cable work helmet - Norrtälje - Finnviken performed during the summer of 1928.

Sailing along the edge of the ice

Photograph of Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Dalagoa. Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. date; November 25 1918. Photograph of S. S. Dalagoa. Nationality: Danish. Tonnage: 3541. Captain: E. Juelhausen. Owners: S. S. Co. Of Oriental. Where From: Antofagasta Chili Chile. Destination: Sidney B. C. Where Photographed: Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: J. B: Dearborn. Date Photographed: November 11th: 1918.. 1918-11-11T00:00:00.

Ship with ironed sail on a river, Johannes Hilverdink, 1849 drawing Drawing is part of an album. paper. watercolor (paint) brush sailing-ship, sailing-boat

View of ships (presumably) in Port Arthur. .

Transparency - Fishing fleet, Lunenburg, NS, about 1925

Chinese ships (tongues) in port of Singapore. Part of travel album with photographs of activity and sights on Sumatra and Java and from the trip to and from the Dutch East Indies.

A steamship, seen on the side, in a harbor ..

Historical Transportation - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Lady Surma, Mr. Pudley & Rev. John B. Panfil. Man in boat with one piece oar. 1932, Iraq

Port Said. Port Said

Madrona: Ice Breaking on the Potomac. With two large buoys on her foredeck the Coast Guard Cutter Madrona pushes upstream in the Potomac.

Elsevier photo collection. Finnish sailing ship "Herzogin Cecilie". 1933

Moored steamboat on Loch Lomond, George Washington Wilson, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph Loch Lomond cardboard. photographic support albumen print steamship, motorship. lake Loch Lomond

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