Boating and Watercraft History

A collection of historic photographs featuring pleasure boats and ferries on various rivers, showcasing early 20th-century maritime leisure.

Unidentified steamships, 1908, Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Copitz, Elbe mit Dampfer, Germany
Unidentified steamships, 1908, Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Copitz, Elbe mit Dampfer, Germany
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View of the Merwedekanaal with a ship at the Rijnhuizerbrug in Jutphaas from the southeast; With the row of trees along the Herenstraat in the background. N.B. The municipalities of Jutphaas and Vreeswijk were merged into the newly formed municipality of Nieuwegein on 1 July 1971.
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Kendal Papah / Malang; State railways on Java. Road along a lake at a village of Kendal Papah in Malang, on the road a carrier. Part of a group of 62 photos in a box with the inscription "State Railways on Java" from 1888.
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Yacht Racing, Broad Bay, Dunedin Harbour, New Zealand, 1904-1915, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie.
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Auckland Harbour, New Zealand, HMS Powerful in the distance, 1904-1915, Auckland, by Muir & Moodie.
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Paddle steamers of Germany, Elbe in Wittenberg, Wittenberg Stadtkirche, 1911, Saxony-Anhalt, Wittenberg, Elbe mit Schlepper
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Leiterwagen, Ferries in Saxony, Höfgen (Grimma), 1903, Landkreis Leipzig, Grimma, Fährhaus Höfgen an der Mulde, Germany
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Stern-Wheeler Arriving at Silver Springs, Florida, after an Overnight Run up the St. Johns, Oklawaha, & Silver Rivers 1886 George Barker American. Stern-Wheeler Arriving at Silver Springs, Florida, after an Overnight Run up the St. Johns, Oklawaha, & Silver Rivers 269959
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Two sailing ships with passengers along the bank, c. 1880 - c. 1930 photograph photographic support. cardboard sailing-ship, sailing-boat. river. historical persons Netherlands
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Papendrecht, Mögle, Carl Emil, Unloading ramparts of the Basalt Company in Papendrecht, Place for unloading on the river of the Basalt Company in Papendrecht, recto - embossed, This photo is part of an album., photograph, photo, album sheet, photos, CE MÖGLE, PHOTOGRAPHER, ROTTERDAM, height 166 mm, width 227 mm, German, 1857-09-08 - 1934-08-19, photographer, 1883 - 1900, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print
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Boating on Lake, Vassar College. 1890. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Poughkeepsie (N.Y.), Women, Rowboats, Vassar College
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Einheit (ship, 1873), Steamship Germania, Elbe in Strehla, Piers in Saxony, 1908, Landkreis Meißen, Strehla, Dampfschiffhaltestelle mit Dampfer Germania, Germany
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Steamer Thomas Powell, Broadway Landing, January, 1865 | Library of Congress
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12/31/1964. Boats sheltered from the coasts.
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Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River, US, USA, America, Vintage photography
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Harbor tracks in Haparanda.
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Castle pond with rowing boatZittau. Castle pond with rowing boat
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Description: Asuakawkais drift under construction. Location: Togoland Date: 1953 africa
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Boats along a quay during the flood of Paris, G. Dangereux, 1910 photograph Part of photo album flooding Paris and suburbs 1910. Paris photographic support flood (+ landscape with figures, staffage). rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Paris
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Boats along a quay during the flood of Paris, G. Dangereux, 1910 photograph Part of photo album flooding Paris and suburbs 1910. Paris photographic support flood (+ landscape with figures, staffage). rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Paris
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SeasgainMisdroy. Seesteg
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Bus garage and boats at Kattvikskajen.
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Tomahawk, near Dunedin, 1904-1915, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie.
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View of the Stadsbuitengracht in Utrecht with a fishing boat in the foreground.
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A picturesque Hawaiian railway scene. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1905. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Hawaii, Palms, Railroads
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Brainstorm II barge at Circle. Alaska Task Force Photographs
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The swans on the lake. American scenery, Central Park. 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.), Transportation facilities , New York (State) , New York
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Stop batoe wives; State railways on Java. The railroad with the Batoe stop. Part of a group of 62 photos in a box with the inscription "State Railways on Java" from 1888.
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Railway yard from Belawan (above) and face on Labuhan on the Deli (below), Carl J. Kleingrotheke, in or before 1898 photomechanical print Part of album with heliogravures of Sumatra's East Coast. Sumatramünchen paper railway, train. river. village Belawan
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Bad Elster (Gondelteich), Rowboats in Bad Elster, Floratempel (Bad Elster), 1917, Vogtlandkreis, Bad Elster, Gondelteich, Germany
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Image of the destruction by the storm of 13/14 January 1916 in the port of Spakenburg (municipality of Bunschoten): a ship thrown on the shore and a destroyed shed.
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Railway declation of Belawan (above) and face on Labuhan to the Deli (below); Belawan Haven (above), Laboean - Soengei Deli (below) .Part or album with heliogravures from Sumatra's East Coast.
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At Mortlake. Henry W. Taunt, photographer (British, 1842 - 1922) 1897 One of four tipped-in photographs illustrating a printed map of Kew, Chiswick, Putney, Fulham, and the surrounding area along the River Thames. The photograph shows a view of the river at Mortlake, with several boats floating near the riverbank ready to unload supplies for waiting horse-drawn carts on the shore. The Ship Inn is visible on the left side of the image. (Recto, mount) lower center, below image, printed in black ink: "AT MORTLAKE."
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Steamships of Germany, Historical images of Rudelsburg, 1911, Saxony-Anhalt, Kösen, Rudelsburg mit Dampfer
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La Triomphante - an old French warship moored up at Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. The ship appears to have been converted into a covered waterfornt facility - possibly a restaurant Date: circa 1898
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The River and Boats - Oxford. Henry W. Taunt, photographer (British, 1842 - 1922) 1897 One of four tipped-in photographs illustrating a printed map of Oxford, Iffley, and the surrounding area along the River Thames. The photograph shows a view of large crowds of spectators on the riverbanks as several boats participate in a boat race. Boats anchored along the riverbanks are filled with additional spectators. (Recto, mount) lower center, below image, printed in black ink: "THE RIVER AND BOATS - OXFORD."
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Bananas awaiting transporting by rail - Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s
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KNAITH HALL.TWE Friends of Dolph Kessler in a rowing boat in Knaith Hall at Gainsborough. Part of the foto album from Dolph Kessler with recordings he made during his stay in England and on a world trip that he undertook to Dutch-India, Japan, China and the United States as a secretary of Henri Deterding (director of Royal Oil), between 1906 and 1908.
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Lane Scene. Attributed to John Dixon Piper (Scottish, active 1850s - 1860s)
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Bad Elster (Gondelteich), Floratempel (Bad Elster), Rowboats in Germany, 1920, Vogtlandkreis, Bad Elster, Gondelteich mit Booten
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Sierra Leone - Freetown - Susans Bay and fishing boats Date: circa 1905
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Image of the steam locomotive No. 5951 (ex D.R.B. 74 1316) of the N.S. in Amsterdam.
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Image of the Diesel-Electric Locomotive No. 2284 (series 2200/2300, with a silencer on the motorcycle rig) of the N.S. On the Watergraafsmeer shunting site in Amsterdam.
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A boat on Boulevard Haussmann, flood in Paris, France, photo from L'Illustration, No 3493, February 5, 1910.
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Interior of the N.S. station Hilversum in Hilversum: HAL with counters in the new reception building on the east side of the station.
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Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand, coach leaving, 1904-1915, Whakarewarewa, by Muir & Moodie.