Historic Maritime Scenes

A collection of vintage images showcasing ships, steamers, and sailboats from the 19th and early 20th centuries, depicting waterfronts and naval settings.

Vues Des Docks a Amsterdam; about 1870; Albumen silver print
Vues Des Docks a Amsterdam; about 1870; Albumen silver print
155 assets in this story
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Port with fishing boats in Japan ..
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Boats on Lake Anthony , Lakes & ponds, Piers & wharves, Rowboats
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Long Iron Dock, Marquette, Mich.. Unknown maker, American
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Face over the deck of the boat between Vlissingen and Queensborough.
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The pilot boat. American views, New York City. 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.)
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St Johns River Florida , Canoes, Rivers
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Instantaneous View, Steamer leaving the landing. Wisconsin Dells. Henry Hamilton Bennett (American, born Canada, 1843 - 1908)
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Labrador. Rigolette. Rigolette, from vessel.. H.N. Robinson (American, active 1870s)
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Quay of Naples, with boats in the foreground, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph Naples cardboard. photographic support albumen print pier, quay, wharf. ships, boats on land, beached Naples
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Fort Snelling, Minn. Old Days. Rope Ferry. Attributed to William H. Illingworth (American, 1842 - 1893)
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Passenger ship. Passenger ship. Part of photo album 'Suriname'.
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View of the Binnenhaven in Zoutkamp, Anonymous, M.D. De Lange, 1900 - 1911 stereograph. photomechanical print Zoutkamp Publisher: Veendam paper collotype harbour Salt camp
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Signalling by heliograph. British Battleship Goliath.. Carleton H. Graves (American, 1867 - 1943)
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View of an stained water on which people with clogs and skates. Boats and a church in the background .. View of an stained water on which people with clogs and skates. Boats and a church in the background.
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Passengers in a sailing sloop at Warnemünde, Willem Frederik Piek Jr. (attributed to), 1889 - 1893 photograph This photo is part of an album. Warnemünde baryta paper sailing-ship, sailing-boat Warnemünde
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The "City of Seattle," at Skaguay Skagway wharf, Alaska. 1898 - 1900. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Alaska, Steamboats , American, Skagway (Alaska)
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Steamer Belle, of Lake Minnetonka, Minn. U.S.A. 5160. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota, Minnetonka, Lake (Minn.), Tourism , Minnesota
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Caldwell. Steamer Minnehaha , Lakes & ponds, Steamboats
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East River bridge. American views, popular series. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867 - 1910. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Bridges , New York (State) , New York, Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.), East River (N.Y.), Bridge construction , New York (State) , New York
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American Scenery. Erie Rail Road.. Unknown maker, American
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Shipping Boston ,
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An American cruiser arriving in New York, probably at the time of the Portsmouth Peace Conference. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Peace, cruisers, warships, New York (State), New York.
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Wreck of the steamer Western.. Stanley J. Morrow (American, 1843 - 1921)
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The cruiser 'Oquendo' - once the pride of Spain - destroyed by the American navy , Warships, War damage, Spanish-American War, 1898
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Docking the Steamer China. Hunter's Point Dry Dock.. Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)
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View in the city of Duluth. 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.)
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Florida. Steamer in the Great Cypress Pass. Ocklawaha. Gems of Instantaneous Photography. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1886. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Oklawaha River (Fla.), Steamboats, Cypresses
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Mexico's Principal Harbor, Vera Cruz , Harbors, Piers & wharves, Longshoremen, Ships
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Armored socket hr. Ms. Zeeland, Anonymous, 1912 photograph Armored socket hr. Ms. Zeeland for anchor in the river, with two small boats. Part of the photo album about the life of the Gonggrijp family in Suriname around 1912. Suriname photographic support navy (+ motor ships) Suriname
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Suspension bridge and New York City, from Brooklyn, U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867 - 1910. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Bridges , New York (State) , New York, Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.), East River (N.Y.), Bridge construction , New York (State) , New York
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Stereo photograph of the port of Hamburg, Germany, captured by Sophus Williams in 1885 on silver gelatin paper. The image shows harbor infrastructure, ships, and waterfront activity.
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New York Harbor, Crowded with Shipping. U.S.A.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)
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Collodion stereo photograph showing a foggy port scene with rowing boats and a large sailing ship in the background, captured around 1900 by Wilhelm Dreesen.
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The Levee and Central Pacific Railroad Freight Trains, Sacramento.. Lawrence & Houseworth
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Augustine Heard & Co. Steamer "Kinshan" 1865 Sylvester Dutton. Augustine Heard & Co. Steamer "Kinshan". Sylvester Dutton (American, active China, 1824-1866). 1865. Albumen silver print from glass negative. Photographs
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Universiteitsroeiwedstrijd.photo 1 on albumblad 29 from album "Amsterdam 1890-1894".
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Fredericksburg, Virginia. Gunboat YANKEE | Library of Congress
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After the Regatta.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)
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View of the Russian warship De Retvizan, Anonymous, 1905 stereograph Russia cardboard. photographic support (military) training ship Russia
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The Eclipse sailboat on lake. Beauties of the City of the Lakes. 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin, Madison (Wis.), Lakes & ponds, Sailboats
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P. Bruffs Boat House. Unknown maker, British
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Op 't IJ, Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888 - 1934 print Barges in a port. paper etching harbour IJ
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Long View of a Train on Enbankment; American; April 16, 1853; Ambrotype; 5.2 x 6.4 cm (2 1,16 x 2 1,2 in.)
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Sailing ships and faces on Almelo and Edam, Anonymous, 1880 - 1920 photomechanical print This page is part of an album. paper collotype sailing-ship, sailing-boat. harbour. city-view in general; 'veduta'. windmill Almelo. Edam
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View from East River Bridge. American scenery. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Harbors , New York (State) , New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.), Boat & ship industry, Marine terminals
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United States Ironclad Baron de Kalb. Armored gunboat on a river, partly out of focus. The ship has gunpaints in the sides, a tower for snipers, two chimneys, deck homes. Men can be seen on deck. Ship designed by James Buchanan Eads. Handwritten inscriptions under photo.
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Stereo albumin photograph around 1865 showing a sailboat with a rowboat to its right and another sailboat in the background, capturing maritime activity and water landscape.
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Travelers on a ship deck, Rottmann & Co. Gebhardt, 1852 - 1863 stereograph London cardboard. paper albumen print 'en route', traveller under way. parts of ship's interior
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Steamer Passport, Canadian Nav. Co.. J.G. Parks (Canadian, died 1895)
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Model of the Mayflower. Plymouth views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Plymouth (Mass.)
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U.S. Battleship "Oregon," Forward Deck.. William H. Rau (American, 1855 - 1920)
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Whale Ship hove down for repairs, N. Bedford, Mass. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Bedford (Mass.), Whaleboats
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Locomotives at Railway Placement Maastricht and Moerdijk bridge. Album leaf with two photos of locomotives with corresponding numbers and type indication. At the bottom of a postcard on the panorama format of the railway bridge over the Hollands Diep. Part of photographic travel report of the visit of the Stephenson LoComotive Society to the Netherlands.
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Port Chalmers, on board "Calypso"
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Photography.Photography, in glass and frame, by the corvette "Norrköping" to Segels.The ship built on the shipyard in Karlskrona in 1848-58.Published in 1929 by the artillery department, the ship was built on Karlskrona Warships 1848-58.