Historic Maritime Activities

A collection of vintage images showcasing various boats, including tugboats and cruise boats, in waterfront settings with ships and piers reflected in calm waters.

The Royal Yacht Osborne, a paddle steamer owned by the British Government and operated by the Royal Navy, England, c. 1890, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original The Royal Yacht Osborne, a paddle steamer owned by the British Government and operated by the Royal Navy, c. 1890, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Commonwealth Pier , Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Castle Island, includes Fishing Pier , Waterfronts, Piers & wharves, Ships, Shipping. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Cruise boat , Waterfronts, Piers & wharves, Boats, Sightseers. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Cruise boat , Waterfronts, Piers & wharves, Boats, Sightseers. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Side view of two ships on water seen from side of boat , Ships, Boat & ship industry. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Port / Coastal Sleeping Boat Wambrau, A 871 (1956-1987) to the Small Succiling Service Steer, New Haven Den Helder

PUERTO DE LA LUZ-BARCOS JAPONESES - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: EXTERIOR. LAS PALMAS. GRAN CANARIA. SPANIEN.

The Royal Yacht Osborne, a paddle steamer owned by the British Government and operated by the Royal Navy, England, c. 1890, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original The Royal Yacht Osborne, a paddle steamer owned by the British Government and operated by the Royal Navy, c. 1890, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Charles River from Newton Yacht Club near Newton, corner exit of Mass. Turnpike , Yacht clubs, Rivers, Piers & wharves, Boats. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

SALIDA DE BARCO DE PASAJEROS VISTO DESDE CUBIERTA. Location: PUERTO. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Boat , Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Boston Fire Department's Engine 31, MV James F. McTighe , Fireboats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

The Royal Yacht Osborne, paddle steamer owned by the British Government and operated by the Royal Navy, Germany, c. 1900, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a photochrome print from the period, Europe

Travel photos. Dealer with rowing boats (view of a passenger ship, maybe in the Mediterranean before Egypt)

Eastern Shore of Lake Baikal, with fishing boat, Posol'skoe, Russia; 2000.

Boats moored in a harbor, Izmir, Turkey

Tourist boat , Boats, Sightseers. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

From back of Will's boat , Boats, Boat engines. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Fishing boats, Gloucester , Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Deer Island Light , Lighthouses, Boats, Harbors. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Puerto Rico. A harbor in Puerto Rico, Photograph by Jack Delano, 1941.

Boats docked at Commercial Wharf, Boston , Boats, Piers & wharves. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Cargo boats at sunset, Mekong River, Luang Phrabang, Laos.

Sailboat in Boston Harbor , Sailboats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Vintage Photograph. Serene dockside view with boats at sunset in peaceful harbor.

River Shannon, Athlone, Co Westmeath, Ireland, River barges berthed in a lock

DN-ST-85-10150. Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)

Row of three boats , Boats, Piers & wharves. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Some mines of the Dokkumlasse moored in Den Helder for the Mining Service project.

Chicago River and area near Wells and Michigan Ave.

Small harbor, Maine , Harbors, Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Pojke in boat with years. Nordic

Scene along the Cairo banks of the Nile River, many sailboats on the river ca. between 1934 and 1939.

PESCADOR - FOTO AÑOS 60.

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.exampel on photography bathed in Rodankoppar. Methylene blue and some malachite green. For more info see: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Other revised edition. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1948. p. 603.

A view of a portion of the mothball fleet in storage near Portsmouth. From left to right; the tank landing ships NEWPORT (LST-1179), MANITOWOC (LST-1180), SUMTER (LST-1181), BOULDER (LST-1190), and the amphibious cargo ships EL PASO (LKA-117) and CHARLESTON (LKA-113). Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

BARCOS PESQUEROS - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: PUERTO. Ferrol. A CORUÑA. SPANIEN.

Sailboat on water, Revere Beach , Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Small sailboat, Nantucket , Sailboats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

North River at Rt. 3A Scituate , Boats, Piers & wharves, Rivers. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Boston Fish Pier , Piers & wharves, Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Boating Near Bridge, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Europe, Netherlands, Spakenburg Inner harbor

Netherlands, Holland, Groningen, Delfzijl, North Sea, Europe, Boats docked along the harbor of Delfzijl on the North Sea.

Boat, Seine, Paris , Boats, Rivers, Bridges. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Marblehead, boats in dry dock , Boats, Boat & ship industry. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Evert Ingemansson - submarine images..

Will's boat, George & Bill , Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Boston Fish Pier , Piers & wharves, Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Fishing boat, lampedusa, italy

Man driving a boat on Lake Krakow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Toward Mystic Bridge and Navy Yard , Waterfronts, Naval yards & naval stations, Rivers. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Row of wooden rowing boats at riverside, River Wear, Durham, County Durham, England

Boat in harbor, Martha's Vineyard , Harbors, Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Boat in harbor, Martha's Vineyard , Harbors, Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Travel photos. Dealer boats (probably in the Arab room)

Boston to Provincetown aircraft carrier , Harbors, Aircraft carriers. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Late afternoon - return toward Boston includes furling sails , Sailing ships, Sailing, Ship equipment & rigging, Westward Schooner : 1961. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Seville, October 1992. Universal Exhibition of Seville 1992. In the image, the monorail.

MD Championship / Boatrode..

Europe, Netherlands, Harlingen. Sailboats

Man on dock or boat , Boats, Piers & wharves. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Side-wheeler Steamboat on Ohio River at Sunset, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1900

USS Olympia, Philadelphia Maritime Museum , Cruisers Warships, Olympia Cruiser. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Boston to Provincetown aircraft carrier , Harbors, Aircraft carriers. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

The Last Light of the Day. Shigemi Izuo, photographer (Japanese / American, 1900 - 1946) about 1925 A close-up view of two rowboat hulls, beached in the sand. A rope connects the two boats. Shadows from the hulls cross the sand in the foreground.

Charles River at Beacon Hill, Community Boat Club , Sailboats, Sailing, Boat clubs, Rivers, Waterfronts, Cities & towns, Community Boating Inc.. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Germany, Near Dresden, Elbe River, Freight Ship

Sailing Club , Sailboats, Boat clubs, Piers & wharves, Rivers, Sailing, Community Boating Inc.. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

An old and small boat in front of the coast of Pattaya

NETHERLANDS, HOLLAND, HOORN, HARBOR, OLD BOATS, CRUISE SHIP, REMBRANDT

Late afternoon - return toward Boston includes furling sails , Sailing ships, Sailing, Ship equipment & rigging, Westward Schooner : 1961. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Boat yard, Lake Champlain , Lakes & ponds, Boat & ship industry, Ships. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Glass reflection of boats alongside River City on Chao Praya River seen from Millennium Hilton Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

Mauzac , Dordogne , 1916 - French provinces - Jean Brunhes, Auguste Léon and Georges Chevalier - (April -July) (French - Mauzac , Dordogne). Car transport, river, boat, dovecote, river transport , lake, vineyard, Transport, Périgord, Mauzac, the car in cars, the dovecote on the left and the meander of the Dordogne

Gondola passing under a bridge on a Rhode Island river; Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

DN-ST-89-09214. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Fishing boat in Sunderbans National Park, West Bengal, India Copyright: xIsaacxKehimkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Locks, Lechmere Square , Locks Hydraulic engineering, Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Sailing Club , Sailboats, Boat clubs, Piers & wharves, Rivers, Sailing, Community Boating Inc.. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Yachts are moored at harbour in the evening, Boston, Massachusetts USA

Setting sail , Sailing ships, Sailing, Ship equipment & rigging, Westward Schooner : 1961. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Fishing boats at Vizhinjam harbor, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Seagulls parapet, view over the Liffey, Samuel Beckett Bridge in the background, bridge, Dublin, Ireland

Europe, France, Sete. Main canal with boats.

Two men on wharf, Boston , Piers & wharves. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Otago Harbour from Lighthouse Road, coastal steamer Waimea leaving port, 02 April 1959, Otago, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of Adkin Family, 1997.

Vintage Photograph. Boats navigating near an open drawbridge over turquoise waters on a sunny day.

Quay de la Joliette, Marseille, c. 1890, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, Europe

Charles River from Newton Yacht Club near Newton, corner exit of Mass. Turnpike , Yacht clubs, Rivers, Piers & wharves, Boats. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

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