Historic American Harbors

Stereoscopic images of bustling 19th-century harbors featuring ships and boats, reflecting the maritime heritage of major American cities.

New York Harbor; American; about 1865; Albumen silver print

New Haven Harbor. Henry S. Peck (American, active 1870s)

View up Buffalo River.. C.L. Pond (American, about 1832 - 1891)

Ship in a bay. Oval photo of a Dutch ship lying in a bay, possibly the bay of Manado on Celebes. Sticked photo in the photo album entitled: Faces of Java.

Shipping. N.Y. City and 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.)

Venice 1890 Norbert Goenuette (1854-1894). Venice, the Bragazzio, boats on the Grand Canal, 1890.

People on a Sampan, China, c. 1879 - c. 1890 photograph This photo is part of an album. China paper albumen print sailing-ship, sailing-boat China

Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909, Willy Moos, 1909 photograph Album magazine with six photos of ships, including the replica of half Maen, during a parade on the water on the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in New York, the 300-year celebration of the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson in 1609 and the 100 -Years of the first successful speed by Robert Fulton from a Raderstoomboot in 1809. Part of the photo album of a trip from Willy Moos to Canada and the United States in 1909. New York (city) paper. photographic support gelatin silver print sailing-ship, sailing-boat. steamship, motorship. paddle-wheel boat New York (city). Hudson (rivier)

Ship leaving Greymouth, circa 1906, Greymouth, maker unknown.

Views in Jacksonville, Florida. New Steamer "Darlington.". Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

The fussy little tugs, New York Harbor. 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.)

Navy Yard receiving ship 'Ohio' (on board) , Naval yards & naval stations, Charlestown Navy Yard Mass.

View from The Mohawk. Florida Mar. 1915. 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Florida, Steamboats, Piers & wharves, Longshoremen

Seen boats at sea of the Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight, Anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1875 stereograph Isle of Wight cardboard. photographic support albumen print sea (seascape). steamship, motorship

Ships in New York harbor. American views. 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.), Fourth of July celebrations, New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.), Regattas , New York (State) , New York

Painting of the paddleboat "Corsican" going down rapids, Montreal. William Notman (Canadian, born Scotland, 1826 - 1891)

Off with our boys to Cuba - the fleet from deck of the transport 'Vigilancia' , Troop movements, Soldiers, Ships, Military mobilizations, Spanish-American War, 1898

New Haven Rail Road. Whitney, Beckwith & Paradise (American, founded 1865, dissolved 1871)

Sailing ships on a channel, C. & G. Zangaki, 1885 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) Egypt

Steendam, Netherlands the port, west side , 1929 - Netherlands - Stéphane Passet - (August 17-31) (French - Volendam , Pays-Bas Le port , côté ouest). Sea , ocean, civil engineering, fishing , seafrains, port, maritime transport, sailboat, pier, agglomeration panorama, Habitat , architecture, economic activity, transport, Holland, steaper, the west side port

U.S. Coast Guard, Boston, Mass. , Vessels, United States. Coast Guard. Coast Guard Heritage Museum General Collection

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

Description: A passing ship. Location: Tristan da Cunha Island Date: January 1903 Description: The Thrush with the island mail Location: Tristan da Cunha Island Date: January 1903

New York Harbor, from Brooklyn Bridge, New York, U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1893. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.)

Wall Street Ferry, New York Made 1860-1869 United States. Albumen print, stereo, No. 4579 from the series Anthony's Stereoscopic Views . Anthony and Company (Publisher)

Garrison Ferry, West Point.. Unknown

Travelling in Interior China, our House Boat on a canal near Kinkow (600 miles inland), 1900, China, by James Ricalton, Underwood & Underwood.

View of the mouth of the Rhine in Rotterdam, Bert Elias Underwood, 1894 stereograph Rotterdampublisher: New York (city) cardboard. paper albumen print river. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct Rotterdam

Saratoga Lake and Steamer. 1868. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Boats, Piers & wharves, Saratoga Lake (N.Y. : Lake)

Inauguration of the Suez Canal Ismailia, freshwater canal, Arrival of Arab sheiks, Egypt, Ferrier Père-Fils et Soulier, Léon & Lévy, M. Léon, 1860 - 1880.

Garrison Ferry, West Point; about 1860; Albumen silver print

Ship 'Auguste' to Werf in Amsterdam, Anonymous, 1885 - 1900 photograph Amsterdam paper albumen print ships (in general)

Copy Two Stereo Negatives: Upper Ship Identified as HMS Impregnable, 1861

About the city of Duluth, Minn. Scenes on the Northern Pacific rail road. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota, Duluth (Minn.)

Newport sailboat. 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.)

Stoomschip Umbria in de haven van Liverpool; The Ocean Steamship Landing-stage, Liverpool, England,- Steamer Umbria departing for New York...

Graved ship in Cherbourg, Anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1880 stereograph Cherbourg cardboard. photographic support albumen print ships (in general)

View of a ship on the beach of Scheveningen, Pieter Oosterhuis (Possible), 1860 - 1885 stereograph Scheveningen Publisher: Amsterdam cardboard. photographic support albumen print ships, boats on land, beached Scheveningen

Sailboats docked at shoreline; American; about 1870; Albumen silver print

Providence River. Steamer Newport , Steamboats

Long Island River and steamer 'Albany.' still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1891 - 1896. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State)

Party vessel 't Willemijntje in the Herengracht in Amsterdam. The party lever 't Willemijntje was designed for April parties on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of King Willem III. The part of photo album by Robert Daniel Crommelin (1841-1907).

People and boats along a river in Yokohama, T. Enami (Possible), 1902 stereograph Yokohamapublisher: Philadelphia cardboard. baryta paper gelatin silver print river Yokohama

Iron Clad "Essex," Baton Rouge, Louisiana May 1863 Attributed to McPherson & Oliver Armored war vessels made their first appearance during the Civil War and played an increasingly important strategic role for both North and South. When the war began, neither side anticipated how important would be control of the great Western Rivers. The U.S.S. Essex began its life in 1856 in New Albany, Indiana, as the steam ferry New Era. Purchased by the federal government in September 1861, it was soon lengthened, widened, reengineered, and clad with iron, which completely altered its appearance and made it one of the Navys most instrumental river gunboats. She appears here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, taking on coal; in the background are sailing vessels in Admiral David Farraguts fleet.. Iron Clad "Essex," Baton Rouge, Louisiana 302360

Beach boat with others on shoreline. Unknown

Pontoon Bridge Across James River, Near Fort Powhattan. June 1864.. A.J. Russell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1902) June 1864 Inscription: Printed title.

Wreck of Bark W F Marshall.. Josiah Freeman (American, active 1860s - 1870s)

Sailing ship and Rijnaak on the water, anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of Family Album with photos of Wijnhandel Kraaij & Co. Bordeaux-Amsterdam. photographic support sailing-ship, sailing-boat. sea

Receiving ship, Brooklyn Navy Yard. 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.), Naval yards & naval stations , New York (State) , New York, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)

. H.M.S Victory in dry dock.

Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders', leaving Tampa for Santiago. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1898. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Ships, Tampa (Fla.), United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st

Schepen van de Channel Fleet in de Firth of Forth; The Channel Fleet in the Firth of Forth..

Ships at Pensacola, Florida. Unknown maker, American

Quay with many people and horse cars in Cape Town, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph Cape Town photographic support. cardboard albumen print pier, quay, wharf. animal traction, animal-drawn vehicle (carriage etc.) Cape Town

Quarter deck of U.S. steamer Rhode Island | Library of Congress

Flying the kites , Boats, Piers & wharves. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

View from the Charlestown Navy Yard , Naval yards & naval stations, Charlestown Navy Yard Mass.

Saratoga Lake and Steamer. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Boats, Piers & wharves, Saratoga Lake (N.Y. : Lake)

Photograph by Johann Baptist Obernetter showing a ships upper deck in 1890, including a navigation officer, Morse signaling with wink flags, anchored vessel, and sun sail.

Winter scene showing a ship with ice covering the rigging. Cape Cod views 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Cape Cod (Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.), Shipwrecks, Ice

The great Russian cruiser Rossia, flagship of the Vladivostock squadron.. Carleton H. Graves (American, 1867 - 1943)

The Joseph Conrad. This image depicts the training ship Joseph Conrad. Watercolor by Hunter Wood.

Description: Port Said : entrance to canal. Location: Port Said, Egypt asia, egypt, asiathroughalens

Canton. Floating homes ..

Tour of the world, the wreck, Liverpool ..

Ships in the lime port of Dordrecht, Anonymous, 1870 - 1900 photograph Dordrechtpublisher: Paris paper albumen print harbour. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Kalkhaven

Docked boats. Unknown

Emmerbaggermolen in the Nile, Anonymous, 1909 - 1935 stereograph Caïropublisher: Steglitz baryta paper gelatin silver print ships (in general) Nile

Sailing ship. Collection of Juhl

Ship off the coast of Scheveningen, c. 1860 - c. 1900 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of cities in North and South Holland and Utrecht. Scheveningen cardboard. photographic support albumen print ships, boats on land, beached Scheveningen

Shipping, New York City, U.S.A. 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.)

Stereo albumin photograph showing a sailing ship on the high seas, taken around 1865.

Netherport and tree wall "," Sailingship port "and" cereal steamers 'Kirkby' on the Elbe "from the folder" New picturesque pictures from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and their surroundings ". State state view Hamburg, collection of photography history

Federal transports on the Tennessee River during the US Civil War. After Confederate raiders cut land transport to Union forces at Chattanooga, Gen. Ulysses Grant opened a Tennessee River in combination with a land route. It was nicknamed the 'Cracker Line', which relieved the siege on Chattanooga in late November 1863 (BSLOC_2018_9_54)

Description: Vinterparli fra Aalionen i 1914. Location: South Georgia Date: 1914 Description: Flykind Bötkokun "Vick" ar Sandifiord. Location: South Georgia Date: 1912 Description: Transporkkilet "Ews". Location: South Georgia Date: 1912

Whaling scenes on Skaaro. The Nancy Grey with a whale, Norway, around 1895, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Ships for anchor in the Oosterdok in Amsterdam, c. 1860 - c. 1900 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of cities in North and South Holland and Utrecht. Amsterdam cardboard. photographic support albumen print sailing-ship, sailing-boat. harbour (+ view ~ vehicle, ship, etc.) Oosterdok

Battleship Connecticut Saluting the Presidential Yacht Mayflower during Naval Review for U.S. President William Howard Taft, New York Harbor, New York City, New York, USA, Photograph by Bain News Service, October 14, 1912

Ships on the beach at Scheveningen (possibly to a drawing), c. 1860 - c. 1900 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of cities in North and South Holland and Utrecht. cardboard. photographic support albumen print ships, boats on land, beached Scheveningen

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