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Aerial Views of Shipping Ports

Bird's eye perspectives of busy shipping ports and industrial areas, showcasing container ships, docks, and bustling maritime activity in a monochromatic style.

Vintage Photograph. Ship traffic on the Fox River, Green Bay, Washington.
Vintage Photograph. Ship traffic on the Fox River, Green Bay, Washington.
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Skyway to Orient -- The famous China Clipper shown soaring over the Golden Gate outward bound to Hawaii and the Philippines on the first airmail flight over the Pacific. It was Pan American Airways' inauguration of commercial flying service to the Orient on November 22, 1935. Below the Clipper is the skeleton of the Golden Gate Bridge, long since finished. In the background are the hills of San Francisco, topped with office skyscrapers and tall apartment houses. In the far background, the unfinished structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge can be made out, connected with Yerba Buena Island at the left. December 06, 1950.Vintage Photograph. The new port of Tema Ghana.Aerial starboard bow view of the Army Interim Pre-positioning Force (PPF) Roll-On/Roll-off merchant ship SS CAPE WRATH (T-AKR-5081) tied up near the Fairfield Terminal near the outer harbor. Base: Baltimore Harbor State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)The Hudson River. For New Yorkers an unpopular thirst quencher. February 27, 1939.;The Hudson River. For New Yorkers an unpopular thirst quencher.Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Aerial view of harborAnefo photo collection. Fourth Pierean island on Scheveningen pier coupled, outlines fourth pierean island. August 27, 1964. Scheveningen, South HollandVintage Photograph. Aerial view of US Lines pier with SS United States, New York CityThe curve at Brooklyn Terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1898. Multiple modes of transport including trains, trolleys, horse drawn wagons, and pedestrians cross the span over the East River (BSLOC_2018_2_164)Vintage Photograph. Downward shot of buses in Storage yard.DN-SN-85-09541. Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)1920s Pennsylvania railroad ferry BOAT crossing Delaware river to haddonfield new jersey Benjamin Franklin bridge in backgroundAn aerial view of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66) in dry dock at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Anefo photo collection. Fourth Pierean island on Scheveningen pier coupled, outlines fourth pierean island. August 27, 1964. Scheveningen, South HollandAnefo photo collection. The sailing race to Rotterdam, the Norwegian Sorlandet at Euromast. August 17, 1962. Rotterdam, South HollandThe 'Nieuw Amsterdam' Dutch ocean liner built in Rotterdam for the Holland America Line. It was the most popular ship of the 30s besides the Queen Mary. Construction on the new liner was carried out at the N.V. Rotterdam Dry-dock Company. Christened by Queen Wilhelmina in April 1937,A Super DC-8 airplane (bottom) sits at the United Airlines terminal at the San Francisco International Airport, 1967Coney Island as seen from an army planeAnefo photo collection. International power racing in Rotterdam 1975. Racing boats in action with cees in the middle of the fields. August 3, 1975. Rotterdam, South HollandCaptain Frank Hawks' new Speed Plane flying over Manhattan's financial district and Battery Park, New York City, April 3, 1937Heinkel over Wapping - A German Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 bomber flying over Wapping and the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London at the start of the Luftwaffe's evening raids of 7 September 1940.Canal Barges at Hull docks, Yorkshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.