Historic Maritime Photographs

Black and white images of ships and harbors from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, capturing maritime history and scenic waters.

Ship sailing through Wellington harbour, 1920s-1930s, Wellington, by Roland Searle.
Ship sailing through Wellington harbour, 1920s-1930s, Wellington, by Roland Searle.
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The Port of Cassis, France, 1937.Artist: Martin Hurlimann
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THE VIKINGS (1958), directed by RICHARD FLEISCHER.
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Appomattox River, Virginia. Medical supply boat CONNECTICUT | Library of Congress
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Rowing boats outside F 2, 1937 . Rowing boats outside F 2 Hänernäs, 1937. In the background, the fleet area is visible.
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CA 148 Newport News 19-NN-CA 148 Newport News-136516 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Panama Canal Zone - Balboa, Aerial Photograph.
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Travel photos Norway. The passenger ship "Milwaukee" in front of the coast
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The harbour, with Europeanshipping Date: circa 1860
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Grand Trunk Pacific Steamship "Prince Rupert". Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, Steamboats,Alaska,1890-1930, Waterfronts,Alaska,1890-1930, United States
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Panama Canal, October 1929, Panama, maker unknown.
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c.1905 Postcard, Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu Harbor.
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Cruise ship "Reliance
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A dhow is a traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more lateen sails. It is primarily used to carry heavy items, like fruit, along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India and East Africa. Larger dhows have crews of approximately thirty people, while smaller dhows typically have crews of around twelve. Even down to the present day, dhows make commercial journeys between the Arab or Persian Gulf and East Africa using sails as their only means of propulsion. Their cargo is mostly dates and fish to East Africa and mangrove timber to the lands of the Persian Gulf. They often sail south with the monsoon in winter or early spring, and back again to Arabia in late spring or early summer. The term 'dhow' is also applied to small, traditionally-constructed vessels used for trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf area and the Indian Ocean from Madagascar to the Bay of Bengal. Such vessels typically weigh 300 to 500 tons, and have a long, thin hull design. Dhow also refers to a
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Vintage Photograph. Car ferry at Moundsville West Virginia.
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M/S Trelleborg in Sassnitz Ferry Mode
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St. John
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Whaling in the Ross Sea, 1924, Southern Ocean, by Captain George Samuel Hooper.
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Poll photo collection. Zegeis with MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt to Norway. The MS Oldenbarnevelt in the Fjerland fjord. 1933. Norway
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Locals in rowing boats on the side of the Cleveland in front of Singapore
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Milford Sound, "Rotorua" anchored in Freshwater
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Description: Antilles Airboat at new Ramp, Wickhams Cay, Road Town, Tortola. Terminal Building in right foreground. Location: Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands Date: 1975 caribbean, britishvirginislands, caribbeanthroughalens
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American warship from Oriental Bay, 11 August 1925 - 24 August 1925, Wellington, by Roland Searle.
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The ferry location in Källviken.
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Capsizing the lifeboat / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères
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Budapest. Danube picture of the shot with ships
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Hong Kong. Sampan boats in front of the coast
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Budapest. Railway bridge over the Danube with barge
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Florida - Pensacola, Aerial Photograph.
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Riverboat gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives
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Suez Canal - railroad station, Egypt
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Vintage Photograph. Boats in water outside San Francisco California.
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Launch at jetty at point of departure, Rotomahana, 06 October 1948, by Leslie Adkin.
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Harbor scene at Port of Spain, Trinidad, B.W.I. January 01, 1937. (Photo by United Press International Photo).
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The 'Pearl', 1930-1931, Stewart Island, maker unknown.
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12/31/1964. Boats on Bayona beach (Pontevedra).
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Trinidad, View of the harbour of Port of Spain, recto - printed, This photo is part of an album., photograph, photo, album sheet, photos, Roads of Port of Spain, height 347 mm, width 297 mm, photographer, 1880 - 1900, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print
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Villefrance-sur-Mer - La Rade (The Harbour with French Warships) Date: circa 1920s
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During its east-to-west transit of the Panama Canal, the guided missile cruiser USS CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG 62) exits the Pedro Miguel Locks. Country: Panama (PAN)
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General view of Thurs. Island looking South east. ***** Island in back Queetta memorial church centre foreground. Convent etc. left foreground (W. Spire) car coming down centre main "shopping" street a left. February 28, 1954.
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NEW GUINEA-AIRPLANES.
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08/07/1936. The warship "Almirante Antequera", entering the port of Ibiza, completely deserted.
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Little and old fishing boats returning to the port of San Sebasti n. Old nautic port
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SkiopT icon image with motives of boats on Fjällsjön Königssee in southeast Bavaria.The image has been stored in cardboard labeled: Höstesan 1909.Köningssee 3. Munich 1. Innsbruck 3. No: 13. Text on image: "am queuingsee".
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1920S 1930S Aberdeen Harbor With Chinese Junks Hong Kong China
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Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report from Tugboat Duvo 9: West Germany. Drag in the Rhine bend at the Lorelei. April 1, 1955. Germany, Sankt Goar, West Germany
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Inclined railway, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
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Seaplanes of the cruise Atlantic mooring into the bay of Rio de Janeiro where the flight ended, 1931
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Annam, Vietnam. River with houseboat and living room boat settlement against the Giai Truong Son Mountain (Cordiller of Annam)
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Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report from Tugboat Duvo 9: West Germany. Face on Braubach with the Marksburg. April 1, 1955. Braubach, Germany, West Germany
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Lifeboat display on river tyne
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Gudvangen, Norway - open cabs await the disembarking steamboat tourists Date: circa 1910s
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Barges in a harbour, 1920, Belgium, maker unknown.
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Two boats, 1934, Southland, maker unknown.
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1979 - An aerial view of ships in the harbor, Athens Greece base.
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Boat harbor with snowcaped mountains in background;ARLIS. Subjects: Boats; Ships; Aquatic environments. Location: Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.
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The State Railways, SJ B. Malen's terrace, Sinarpsdalen.
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Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report from Tugboat Duvo 9: West Germany. Rowing boat for Burg Pfalzgrafenstein at Kaub. April 1, 1955. Germany, Kaub, West Germany
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Conway River, bridge, car at petrol station, 24 March 1959-13 April1959, New Zealand, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of Adkin Family, 1997.
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Port Chalmers, A record shipping day, 1905, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie.
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N.N., Moselbahn route (Moselle route): Koblenz-Trier, Hatzenport (1874-1879): View. Photo on cardboard, 46.8 x 63.6 cm (including scan edges)