Historical Waterfronts

Vintage images of bustling ports and scenic beaches, highlighting maritime life and historical structures in warm, nostalgic tones.

Camp overlooking the beach , Beaches, Tents

Assouan, the Frontier Town of Upper Egypt..

Beach face in Zandvoort; Beach view Zandvoort ..

View of a port (presumably) in France, Anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1870 stereograph cardboard. photographic support albumen print harbour

On the trip of Nagasaki inland in ..

Camp overlooking the beach , Beaches, Tents

Beach face in Zandvoort, 1906 stereograph Zandvoort cardboard. baryta paper beach (as place of recreation). dunes (sea not visible); in the dunes Zandvoort

Views of Etna Campground. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Penobscot County (Me.)

Wolfeboro from the Lake. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Wolfeboro (N.H.), Lakes & ponds, Cities & towns

Beach view. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)

Phillips or Ocean Point, Swampscott. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Essex County (Mass.)

Fisherman at Folly Cove. Cape Ann scenery. Unique series. 404. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Ann, Cape (Mass.), Boats, Fishermen, Bays (Bodies of water), Shorelines

Arriving by N. Pac. Ry. at Gardiner, Montana, for visit to Yellowstone Park,looking west to Gallatin range. 1904. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Montana

On the beach..

Jamestown and valley. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Nantasket scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Nantasket Beach (Mass.), Hotels , Massachusetts , Nantasket Beach

St. Augustine and Sea Wall. American scenery ; Tourists series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Saint Augustine (Fla.), Cities & towns, Sea walls

Camp Comfort, Portland Harbor. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Casco Bay (Me.)

Beach face, Muiderberg, The Netherlands.Beach Face, Muiderberg, The Netherlands

Water Carriers at the Fountain of San Francisco, Quito. "El Ecuador" (The Equator.). Camillus Farrand (American, 1820 or 1821 - 1879)

People waiting to board the steamboat, "Island Home," at Oak Bluffs pier. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)

The Race at Monmouth Park, Long Branch, N.J. Stereoscopic Treasures still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1885. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey, Long Branch (N.J.), Tourism , New Jersey , Long Branch (N.J.), Carriages & coaches, Spectators, Grandstands, Racetracks (Horse racing)

Pavilion beach, Gloucester, Mass. American scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Gloucester (Mass.), Beaches, Hotels

View of the east side of Amalfi, Ernest Eléonor Pierre Lamy, 1861 - 1878 stereograph Amalfi cardboard. paper albumen print gulf, bay Amalfi

Central Park. American scenery. 1860 - 1896. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Parks , New York (State) , New York, Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Winter , New York (State) , New York

Persons on the beach of Fécamp; Côtes de France Normandie ..

Nubian Egyptians on the banks of the Nile next to a Dahabieh, Francis Frith, 1857 - 1859 stereograph Egyptepublisher: London cardboard. paper albumen print ships (in general) Nile. Egypt

People on the beach and the plank walk. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)

Beach scene. Unknown

Deadwood City, in Whitewood Gulch. Black Hills views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Dakota, Settlements, Dakota Territory, Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)

Instantaneous marine, Pigeon Cove. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Ann, Cape (Mass.), Beaches, Sailing ships

Clark Foss and his Geyser Team, Sonoma County, Cal. Great Geyser Springs, 1187. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Geysers, The (Calif.), Tourism , California, Carriages & coaches

View at Kissimmee City, Florida. American scenery ; Subscription series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Boats, Kissimmee (Fla.)

Nantasket scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Nantasket Beach (Mass.), Beaches

Durango. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado

A glimpse of the busy river life. Yokohama, Japan..

Raton from the east. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico

The King Street Market, Kingston, Jamaica. The 'Perfec-Stereograph', 7604.. Photographs. 1904. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Jamaica, Markets, Blacks, Kingston (Jamaica)

Griffith's landing. Chautauqua Lake views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Chautauqua (N.Y.), Chautauqua Lake (N.Y.)

Fishermen at Folly Cove. Cape Ann scenery. No. 4 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Ann, Cape (Mass.), Houses, Fishermen

Cresson, a summer resort on the P. R. R. among the wilds of the Alleghenies. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Mountains

France, people for cafe ..

Simla, the beautiful Himalayan mountain resort, from highway to Kalka, India , Resorts, Scenic overlooks, Mountains

The celebrated soda springs, at Manitou, Colorado. Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain views, scenes on the line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. 52. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Manitou Springs (Colo.)

Indian camp, Pittsfield, N.H. Views for the stereoscope. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Merrimack County (N.H.), Tipis, Camps, Indians of North America , 1800-1899

Quaint, straw-thatched houses of a Moro village, Philippine section of the World's Fair. no. 28. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1903 - 1905. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri, Exhibitions , Missouri , Saint Louis (Mo.), Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)

At Gate to Nihotupu Reservoir stereoscopic photographs, black-and-white prints

Bathing scene. Scenes at Ocean Grove and Asbury Park, N.J. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey, Asbury Park (N.J.), Ocean Grove (N.J.), Tourism , New Jersey, Bathing suits, Wading, Recreation

Greymouth 'Trots' - the bookies pitch stereoscopic photographs, black-and-white prints

Signorina Maria Spleterini Crossing Niagara Rapids. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Waterfalls , New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

Bacon, Trench, and Kelsey mills, Silver City Nevada. Peeps at scenes in Washoe, 3446. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Nevada

On the Long Branch Pier. Long Branch and Vicinity. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey, Long Branch (N.J.), Tourism , New Jersey , Long Branch (N.J.), Piers & wharves, Spectators, Canopies

View of Le Locle with a man and a woman sitting in the foreground; Panorama du Locle, Suisse. (1) ..

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska , Gold miners, Gold rushes

The ball "The North Pole", swollen on the Champs-de-Mars, 7th arrondissement, Paris. The balloon the "North Pole". The ball "The North Pole", inflated on the Champs-de-Mars, Paris (VIIth ARR.). Photograph of C.G. Stereoscopic view on albuminum paper. 1869.

Bullion at Buena Vista. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Buena Vista (Colo.), Precious metals

Mountain pack train. Rocky Mountain scenery. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1898. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Packtrains

Cape May, N.J. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey, Cape May (N.J.), Atlantic Ocean, Wading

Steamers at Oak Bluff. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)

View of the best soda and sulphur springs in Grass Valley Bar, near the Old Saw Mill. Beauties of the Rocky Mountains. 97. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Springs

Schaffhausen. Rhine Falls. .

Panorama from the Reservoir. International exhibition, Philadelphia 1876. 14. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Landing place of the gondolas, World's Fair, Chicago, U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1893. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Exhibitions , Illinois , Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Nantucket from Brant Point. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Nantucket (Mass.)

The Monday market at the Noordermarkt ..

Visitors at the Flume, 1867. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Canyons, Franconia Notch State Park (N.H.)

Hyde Park London , Parks

Manitou Series - Camping Among The Foot-Hills; Joseph Collier (American, born Scotland, 1836 - 1910); about 1870; Albumen silver print

Water Gap hotels. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.), Delaware Water Gap (N.J. and Pa.)

Mountain transportation, pack mule, pack and packers ,. Photographs of the American West

Habour of Port Nicholson and towns of Wellington. Plate 4. From the book: Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand, 1845, London, by Day & Haghe, Captain William Mein Smith, Smith, Elder, and Co.

Running the Lachine Rapids, Montreal , Rivers, Shooting rapids, Steamboats

Our trip to the mines, Ouray, Col., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Ouray (Colo.)

Central City, from the East. Collier's Rocky Mountain Scenery. 36. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Central City (Colo.)

Views of Lake Hopatcong. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1895. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey, Leisure, Tents, Camps, Hopatcong, Lake (N.J. : Lake)

Trevi fountain in Rome; ROME..

Savannah Market. 1856 - 1908. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Georgia, Savannah (Ga.), Carts & wagons, Farmers' markets

From inclined Railway Station, over Ice Mountain to ice-clad precipe and American Falls, Niagara Falls, U.S.A. 1895 - 1903. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

Signorina Maria Spleterini Crossing Niagara Rapids. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Waterfalls , New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

In the heart of Chinatown, San Francisco, California. 1890. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.), Streets

Broadway, looking north from new post office. Anthony's instantaneous views. No. 9184. 1860. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Streets , New York (State) , New York, Broadway (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Skating scene in Central Park, winter 1866. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Parks , New York (State) , New York, Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Boat landing at the lake, Central Park, N.Y. American series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Parks , New York (State) , New York, Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

New York City. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.)

Coach on beach, and houses in the distance. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rhode Island, Newport (R.I.), Beaches, Carriages & coaches

Jerusalem, the Holy City, from the N.E., near the place from which it was first seen by Jesus , Cities & towns, Horses, Horseback riding Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Triangulation station, near the mouth of the Grand Canon, Colorado River.. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. Unknown maker, British

Thebes from the north, a centre of human life long before the beginning of history - Greece , Cities & towns. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Anonymous. Album of the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Old Paris. 1900. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Year 1900, Belle Epoque, universal exhibition 1900

Nantasket scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Nantasket Beach (Mass.), Hotels

Description: On the road to Coomassie - Konyako. Konycako Location: Coomassie africa

Street scene at Green Cave Spring, Fla. , Palms, Streets

Photo production of (presumably) a painting with a nationwide scene. Part of English family album with photos of people, travel, cricket and artworks.

Suspension Bridge, Niagara, railway. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Waterfalls , New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

Gloucester from the neck. Cape Ann scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Gloucester (Mass.), Harbors, Sailboats

4th Ave. Campground. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)

Wasatch Mts. from Bear River. Prof. Sedgwick's illuminated lectures, Across the continent. Salt Lake Valley series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah

View of Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, Italy, Fratelli Alinari (Attributed to), 1862 - 1890 photograph Lake Maggiore cardboard. paper albumen print island. rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Bella Isola (Lake Maggiore)

"The Switzerland of America," from mountain road. Scenery of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.), Mountains, Railroads, Hotels

Homeward bound, coaches at Lake George. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake), Lakes & ponds , New York (State)

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