Historic Maritime Scenes

A range of vintage images showcasing harbors and boats, with details of sailing vessels and bustling ports, conveying a sense of maritime history and tranquility.

Battleship in port., 1920s to 1930s, New Zealand, by Roland Searle.
Battleship in port., 1920s to 1930s, New Zealand, by Roland Searle.
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The steam ferry in the ferry location.
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View of the port of Genoa; Genova. Il Porto.Part of Travel Album with Pictures of Sights in Italy and France.
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View of the Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight, Anonymous, 1878 - 1890 photograph Pier ago with the city of Ryde. Coachmen waiting in the foreground, tram rails on the right. In the background sailing ships and boats for anchor. Part of travel album European cities, presumably Swedish. Ryde photographic support albumen print pier, quay, wharf. coastal structures (+ landscape with figures, staffage). tramway, tram. four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach (+ conveyance for transport of persons) Ryde
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Ferries, Auckland Harbour, 1880s, Auckland, by Edwin Willmott.
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Monongahela Wharves, Pittsburgh, Pa. still image. Postcards. 1902 - 1903. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Piers & wharves , Pennsylvania , Pittsburgh
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Stare Przedmieście, Motława in Gdańsk, Ships in Gdańsk, Pod Zrębem Tower in Gdańsk, 9 Pod Zrębem Street in Gdańsk, Gdańsk in the 1900s, Barges of Poland, 1903, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Danzig, Mottlau und Fortification, mit Frachtkähnen
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Hughlee-Boote im Hafen von Kolkata, Kalkutta, Indien, historische, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Aufnahmedatum nicht angegeben, Hughlee boats in the harbour of Kolkata, Calcutta, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Birdseye view of T Wharf, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1901. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.), Boats, Piers & wharves
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Sevilla, Puerto en el Guadalquivir.
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Egyptian views Assuan and Philae. Dahabeah, boat for travelling on the Nile 1900, Egypt
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Collotype - Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. steamer, Quebec City, QC, about 1910
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United States of America, the cotton steamer on the Mississippi River of the city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, ca 1880, historical, digital rep...
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Brunel Aboard the Aphrodita, Liverpool. Robert Howlett (England, 1831-1858). England, circa 1857. Photographs. Albumen silver print
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Port of Whitby. Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British, 1853 - 1941)
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Ships in a harbor at the Zuider Gasfabriek in Amsterdam. Part of album with pictures of Amsterdam and surroundings.
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The "Triumph" - Auckland Harbour, Late nineteenth century or early twentieth century, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers.
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Lake George, New York: the Horicon steamboat showing a clear reflection in the water. Photograph, ca. 1880.
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Texas - Galveston. Galveston, Texas. Damage done by storm of August 16-17, 1915. Wreck of schooner inside of sea wall.
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Quay with a replica of the Santa Maria van Columbus; Santa Maria (Vessel of Columbus). .
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Rowers on the Amstel (between Stadhouderskade and the Amstel Hotel), Amsterdam, E. van Elfrinkhoff, 1900 - 1920 photograph Amsterdam paper. cardboard rowing, canoeing, etc. (sport) Amstel (river). Amstel Hotel
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Egypt. River scenes. The Nile. Boats passing through open bridge. 1934, Egypt
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Plate 5. G. Berggren (Swedish, 1835 - 1920)
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Davenport, Iowa. Gillett, Edgar P.. Prints. 1855 - 1857. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Mississippi River, Davenport (Iowa), Steamboats , Mississippi River
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Ships on the River Yarmouth UK, attributed to Peter Henry Emerson, 1887 - 1890.
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S.S. Bessa sunk at Queen's Wharf, Wellington, 18 April 1919, Wellington, by John Dickie.
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A piece of Flensburg "from the folder" from Schleswig-Holstein ".,
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Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Willemstad. Willemstad (N-B). Inner harbor with the Korenmolen D 'Oragnemols and moored fishing vessels. May 16, 1934. The Netherlands, Noord-Brabant, Willemstad (Noord-Brabant)
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Devenport Wharf and Ferry, Auckland, New Zealand, 1905-1908, Auckland, by Muir & Moodie.
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Fishing boats coming home at sunset, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904.Artist: Underwood & Underwood
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Fishing Schooners at '1' Wharf, Boston, Mass. Postcard. 1904, Fishing Schooners at '1' Wharf, Boston, Mass. Postcard
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Photographic print of Port Said at the Mediterranean entrance of the Suez Canal. Dated 19th Century
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Kassun 5 is lowered in the fall.
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View of the port of Smyrna; S 105. Smyrna (the Golf); Syria. The photo is part of the photo series collected by Richard Polak.
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Roosevelt
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Sponge Fleet, Nassau, B. I. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Fishing boats , Bahamas , Nassau, Sponge fishing , Bahamas , Nassau
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The Skipper, from Easy Street, Nantucket, Mass. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Nantucket (Mass.)
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Decorated boats on the Amsteldijk, Anonymous, 1906 photograph Part of Family Album with photos of Wijnhandel Kraaij & Co. Bordeaux-Amsterdam. photographic support river. commemoration, jubilee Amstel (river)
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Smyrna , Cities & towns, Harbors, Boats. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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On the scaffolding in Albina. River ship moored to the scaffolding in Albina. Part of the photo album souvenir de Voyage (part 4), about the life of the Dooyer family in and around the Plantage Ma retreat in Suriname in the years 1906-1913.
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La Rochelle, France , 1920-1921 - Charente, Gironde, Basse -Pyrénées, Hautes Pyrénées - Fernand Cuville (French - La Rochelle , France). Sea , ocean, civil engineering, bell tower, port, maritime transport, sailboat, agglomeration panorama, Habitat , Architecture , Transport, France, La Rochelle, the Port at low tide (Quai Valin)
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Egypt - The Mahmoudieh Canal, the water highway between Alexandria and the River Nile Date: circa 1930s
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The River Rhine at Bonn , Rivers, Vessels
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Bridges in Riesa, Elbe in Riesa, Bodenbach (ship, 1896), Rail transport in Saxony, Jenaer Glas, 1908, Landkreis Meißen, Riesa, Elbbrücke mit Dampfer Bodenbach und Güterwagen, Germany
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Barco navegando por el río Rin.
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12/31/1909. Port. View of the Don Luis I bridge, the port environment and a ship unloading on the Duero River.
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Mail steamer at Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Date: 1920s
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View of the warship with the dolls in Karlskrona.
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Avenue the Paula, (18th century), 1920s. Artist: Unknown
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Paris (8th arr.), France cannons and planes taken to the Germans exhibited Place de la Concorde , (French - Paris ( VIIIe arr. ) , France Canons et avions pris aux Allemands exposés place de la Concorde). Floor , Reverbera, car transport, trophy, ministry, plane, cannon, air transport, rear, bombardment, place, balustrade, army, Transport, First World War, company, France, Paris, Place de la Concorde Canons
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Uddevalla port station.
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Collotype - St. Lawrence River at Quebec City, QC, about 1910
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The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's Pier, Bridgetown, Barbados Date: circa 1910s
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Face on a canal with a horse tram in the foreground with advertising from Houten's cocoa, possibly in Amsterdam. .
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WA - Columbia River. Columbia River, Washington. Columbia River Light Ship #50, stranded at McKenzie Head Beach on November 29, 1899. Moving overland to bakers Bay, April 13, 1901. Entire distance 2000 ft. By Roberts & Allen, Contractors. Looking SW. Vessel about halfway across Fort Canby Military Reservation.
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Fishing boat going into harbour at Folkestone Date: 1909
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Πατραι - εξαγωγη σταφιδος - Patras. L'exportation des raisins , Piers & wharves, Boats, Ships, Shipping, Raisins, Bays Bodies of water. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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A steamship passing the North Lighthouse as it crosses the 'Bitter Lakes' at the Northern entrance to the Suez Canal, Egypt. Date: 1910s
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Ships at the trees in Rotterdam; Quai des bompies a rotterdam. Part of collective tape with photos of Rotterdam.
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Submarines, New York
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North Shore Ferry Boat, Auckland, 1905, Auckland, by Muir & Moodie.
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Otago Yachting Club Races, Yacht leader, Dunedin Harbour photographic postcards
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Approach to the Landing Stage - Liverpool, Merseyside Date: 1907