Historical Maritime Scenes

Vintage images depicting busy harbors with steamships and sailing boats, capturing the essence of early 20th-century maritime transport and activity.

Feluccas and Dhows of the River Nile, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s

Florida - Key West Depot. Key West Depot, Florida. U.S.S. "Ivy" and U.S.S. "Snowdrop", 150', 86 degrees true.

Florida - Key West Depot. Key West Depot, Florida.

12/31/1919. Port dredging and filling for the construction of New Docks.

Trelleborg harbor. "Trälleborg. S.J." at the quay.

Feluccas and Dhows of the River Nile, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s

Florida - Key West Depot. Key West Depot, Florida. Br. Oil Tanker "San Nazario", 500 ft. long lapping L.H. pier. U.S.S. "Ivy" hanging over the North end of L.H. pier. 100' to 300', 33 degrees to 140 degrees true.

Virginia - Thimble Shoal. Thimble Shoal Light Station, Virginia. About 60 feet from caisson to SE, 15 feet above top from level of old station.

Cutlery no. 217, service 1903, 1905, Arnaud Pistoor & Zoon, 1904 photograph Photo on cardboard of hydraulic engineering works (for the separation between Maas and Waal). Text above the photo, under the photo a situation ticket. Inscription; b.: 'The Afsluitdijk and the ground supplies on the entire end 28 May 1904. Signed and dated. the Bosch paper. cardboard

Boat named the Gazelle; about 1860 - 1880; Tinted Albumen silver print

The harbor in Hjo by ship.

Schepen in de haven van Great Yarmouth, Peter Henry Emerson (attributed to), 1887 - 1890 photomechanical print Great Yarmouthprinter: Great Britainpublisher: London paper. tracing paper harbour Great Yarmouth

Photograph of the Port View of the SS Leersum. Port View. Date: - August 19, 1918. Photograph Of S. S. Leersum. Nationality: - American (formally Dutch). Tonnage: - 3381. Captain: - S. N. Lyons. Owners: - U. S. S. B. From: - St. Thomas. Island. Destination: - Philadelphia, Penn. Where Photographed: - Charleston, S. C/. By Whom Photographed: - J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - July 27th., 1918.. 1918-07-27T00:00:00.

The Mississippi River Fleet at Mound City, Illinois. No. 3132, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Illinois, Mound City.

Steamship in Hastings, Anonymous, c. 1890 - 1910 stereograph Hastings cardboard. paper. printing ink collotype steamship, motorship Hastings

Elsevier photo collection. Ambulance engine boat Amsterdam medical service. December 1920. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Florida - Key West Depot. Key West Depot, Florida. EXS, 280' from face of wharf.

Photograph of the SS Munamar. Photograph of S. S. Munamar. Date: - June 14, 1918. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 3477. Captain: - C. M. McDonald. Owners: - Munson S. S. Co. Where From: - Nipe Bay, Cuba. Destination: - New York, N.Y. Where Photographed: - Charleston, S/ C/ Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: - J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - June 7th., 19/8 1918.. 1918-06-07T00:00:00.

Part of the port of Gothenburg.

The lifting of the crashed M 12 Airship gondola from the sea at the Grado lagoon on July 23, 1917, World War I, Italy, 20th century.

Virginia - Thimble Shoal. Thimble Shoal Light Station, Virginia. Taken from deck of old lighthouse. Height of instrument about 6 inches above deck. Tender "Chester" handling plates.

Maryland - Point No Point. Point No Point Light Station, Maryland.

Photograph of the Starboard View of the SS Chippewa. Photograph Of Starboard. Date:- November 4th., 1918. Photograph Of S. S. Chippewa. Nationality:- American. Tonnage:- 2696. Captain:- W. A. Nickerson. Owners:- Clyde S. S. Co. Where From:- Boston, Mass. Destination:- Jacksonville, Fla. Where Photographed:- Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed:- J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed:- August 14th., 1918/. 1918-08-14T00:00:00.

View of harbor at The Thames at Greenwich. Ludwig Schultz (British, active Greenwich, England 1860s)

Bringing in scabs() New Orleans, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Florida - Key West Depot. Key West Depot, Florida. Naval vessels at Lighthouse wharf, 100', 43 degrees to 120 degrees true. USS Mayrant.

Massachusetts - Chelsea Depot. Coleman property, from center of length of Draw pier, 3/25/16.

Ship to a Kade.Photo 4 on album Leaf 47 from album "Amsterdam 1890-1894".

S.S. Waiotaki, Auckland., Auckland, by John Dickie.

View showing ships in harbour. Caption reads: Docks Karachi Karachi Docks c 1932- 33.

Louxor Dahabieh Antonio Beato (Italian and British, ca. 1825-ca.1903). Louxor Dahabieh, 19th century. Albumen silver photograph, image/sheet: 8 x 10 3/8 in. (20.3 x 26.4 cm). Photography 19th century

Egyptian views Alexandria (Iskanderiyeh). The harbor of Alexandria 1900, Egypt

HC Örstad ". Out of album: Cable expedition Gotland - Dalarö in 1898.

Delaware - Harbor of Refuge. Harbor of Refuge Light Station, Delaware. Looking S about 125 feet, showing destruction of boat davits, winch, etc.

Photograph of the Port View of the SS Indo Maru Osaka. Photograph Of Port View. Date: - August 20 1918/ Photograph Of S. S. Indo Maru Osaka. Nationality: - Japanese. Tonnage: -4984. Captain: - Y. Yauo. Owners: - Osaka Shosen Kabushiki Kaisha. Where From: - Mejillores, Chili Mejillones, Chile. Destination: - Baltimore, Md. Where Photographed: - Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: - J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - August 2nd., 1918.. 1918-08-02T00:00:00.

Florida - Key West Depot. Key West Depot, Florida. U.S. Destroyers, East, 180'.

Bennington, U.S.N., from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 1895 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Famous Ships" series (N50), issued in 1895 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights Cigarettes. Full series consists of 48 unnumbered cards.. Bennington, U.S.N., from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes. 1895. Albumen photograph. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

South Carolina - Fort Sumter. Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter Rear Lights.

Photo collection First World War. Journalists visit the Grand Fleet. H.M.S. "Dreadnought" in Dry Dock. 1914-1918}

Sailing ship, decorated with flags along the masts; Im hafen von mountains.

Island of Cuba. Havana. The American steamship tug "Right Arm", from the commercial salvage company contracted to recover the hull of the USS Maine. The US battleship "Maine" sank after an explosion on 15 February 1898 in Havana harbour. The event, which occurred during the Cuban War of Independence, served as a pretext for the United States to declare war on Spain. Photoengraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.

Delaware - Fourteen Foot Bank. Fourteen Foot Bank Light Station, Delaware. Foundation cylinder.

A number of crew members of the Hohenzollern on one of the scoops of the boat, 1889 photograph Norway paper. cardboard albumen print Norway

Rye Harbour, East Sussex Date: circa 1930s

Oyster Boats, Mobile Bay, Alabama. Lewis W. Hine, photographer (American, 1874 - 1940) Feb-11 Inscribed on verso print three times in pencil: "1965" and "Oyster boast loading the/barge. The reef/Mobile Bay/Feb. 1911". Secondary Inscription: Inscribed on verso print in pencil by Wagstaff: "Hine 38".

George Henry Seeley, Dock Scene, c. 1917, platinum print.

Steamboat 'Darmstadt' for anchor in (presumably) Sydney. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Sydney.

ILUST ESP/AMER-1896-NUEVO CRUCERO ESPAÑOL DE 1ªCLASE EN EL FERROL.

Passenger ship; Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); Before 1911 (1869-00-00-1911-00-00);Travels, ships, views, water, purchase (provenance), boats

Photograph of the Starboard View of the SS Kittery. Starboard View. Photograph Of S.S. Kittery. Nov. 1st 1918. Nationality: American. Tonnage: 1289. Captain: H. Stremmer. Owners: U. S. Navy. Where From: New York. Destination: West Indies. Where Photographed: Charleston S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: J. B. Dearborn. Date: Sept. 7th 1918. Where Camouflaged: New York. Date: August 30th. 1918. By Whom Camouflaged: Naval Overseas Transportation Co. Type Of Ship: Well Deck Or Three Island. Length: 280 ft. Beam: -40 ft. 6 inches. Draft: -14' 6". Color Characteristics: #1 Bluegrey: #1 Greypink; Black & Greywhite. Two Masts: -Foremast; Greywhite, Black & #1 Bluegrey/ Aft #1 Bluegrey. Two Smokestacks, Fore: - Greywhite, Black & #1 Bluegrey Aft #1 Bluegrey & Greywhite. Four Guns 3" 50 Pounders. No Otters.. 1918-09-07T00:00:00.

Lasthamn by rail and vessels at Lake Vänern.

Photograph of the SS Rhodesia. Photograph Of S. S. Rhodesia. Date: November 20 1918. Nationality: Danish. Tonnage: 4701. Captain: H. Jacobsen. Owners: S. S. Co. Orient. Where From: Antofagasta Chili Chile. Destination: Not Known. Where Photographed: Charleston S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: J. B. Dearborn. Date: November 2nd. 1918/. 1918-11-02T00:00:00.

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Wearwood. Photograph Of Foree Fore Side Of Bridge. Sept. 23rd. 1918. Photograph of S. S. Wearwood. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 3221. Captain: - J. W. Arkley. Owners: - Constine Pickering S. S. Co. Where From: - Matanzas, Cuba. Destination: - U. S. A. Where Photographed: - Charleston S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: - J. B. Dearborn. Date: - Sept. 17., 1918.. 1918-09-17T00:00:00.

Cadiz, June 1898. Stern cannon of the Carlos V.

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Uppland. Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Date: - July 20, 1918. Photograph Of: - S. S. Uppland ex Marie Sverige. Nationality: - Swedish. Tonnage: - 2142.31. Captain: - C. E. Taube. Owners: - Axel Brostrom & Son. Where From: - New York, N. Y. Destination: - West Coast Of Sweden. Where Photographed: - Fernandina, Fla. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: - J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - July 9th., 1918.. 1918-07-09T00:00:00.

Elsevier photo collection. S.S. "Flower fountain". 1921

Beach with sailing shipsMisdroy. Beach with sailing ships

Artist, possibly by: James Valentine, Scottish, 1815-1879, At Georges Landing Stage, Liverpool, Albumen print, 7 7/16 × 11 3/8 in. (18.9 × 28.9 cm), British, 19th century, Works on Paper - Photographs

Description: S.S. "Huichow" passing down river. Location: China asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Ship in a harbor, probably in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1910.

in the free port area - with shipsSzczecin. In the free port area, with ships

Photograph of the Port View of the SS Kronborg. Photograph of Port View. Date May 1918. S. S. - Kronborg: - Nationality: - Danish, Tonnage: -Gross: -3514.95. Captain: - H. Sorensen. Owners: - C. K. Hansen. & Co. Where from: -Pisagua, Chili Chile. Destination, Norfolk, Va. Where photographed: - Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By whom: -J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - May 20th., 1918.. 1918-05-20T00:00:00.

Great Yarmouth Harbour Made 1887 England. Photoetching, pl. I from the album Wild Life on a Tidal Water The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew (1890); edition 270/50 . Peter Henry Emerson

View of the stern of the haibut steamer boat the Roman ca. 1900-1909 Credit: UBC Library

Savannah River from steamship wharf, Savannah, Ga, Piers & wharves, Ships, Rivers, United States, Georgia, Savannah, United States, Georgia, Savannah River, 1900

Floating Dry Dock #24, U.S. Naval Dry Dock, South Boston, Massachusetts. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Monitor Reinier Claesze in the port of Den Helder. .

Photograph of the SS Dalagoa. Photograph of S. S. Dalagoa. date; November 25 1918. Nationality: Danish. Tonnage: 3541. Captain: E. Juelhausen. Owners: S. S. Co. of Oriental. Where From: Antofagasta Chili Chile. Destination: Sidney B. C. Where Photographed: Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: J. B: Dearborn. Date Photographed: November 11th: 1918.. 1918-11-11T00:00:00.

View of the rear part of a ship that is decorated with carvings, in a river, south-east Asia, 1907 photograph southeast Asia photographic support gelatin silver print ships (in general)

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Eastern Chief. Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Sept. 24th. 1918. Photograph Of S. S. Eastern Chief. Nationality: American. Tonnage: -4660. Captain: G. A. Whitehead. Owners: Cuban Mails S. S. Co. Where From: Seattle Wash. Thru Panama. Destination: Charleston S. C. Where Photographed: Charleston S.C. Date: Sept. 4th. 1918. Where Camouflaged: Seattle Eash Wash. Date: June 24th. 1918. By Whom Camouflaged: Skinner & Eddy Ship Building Co. Type Of Ship: Well Deck. Length: 382 ft. Beam 51 ft. Draft 23 ft. Color Characteristics: #1 Bluegrey #3. Blue: White & Black. Two: Masts: White: Black: .#3 blue & #1 bluegrey. One Smokestack: White Black & #3 Blue. No Guns No Otters.. 1918-09-04T00:00:00.

Four ships in the water, near the bank, the Netherlands. Four ships in the water, near the bank, the Netherlands.

Flower Corso on the Alster - Departure of the decorated barge with the ladies in the new sports look. .

Dogali, from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 1895 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Famous Ships" series (N50), issued in 1895 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights Cigarettes. Full series consists of 48 unnumbered cards.. Dogali, from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 424882

143. Copper Ore Vessel, Swansea. Rev. Calvert R. Jones; Welsh, 1804-1877. Date: 1846. Dimensions: 16.1 × 20.3 cm (image); 18.4 × 22.8 cm (paper). Salted paper print. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Belawan, Oceaanhaven Belawan, Tugboat 'Cornelis', verso - manuscript, The tugboat 'Cornelis'. Numbered: 192. Part of the group of loose photographs about the construction of the Belawan harbour on the coast of Medan, Sumatra 1921-1922., photograph, foto, Indische albums, 31, 8-22, lower right - manuscript, No. 191, height 160 mm, width 220 mm, photographer, 1922-08-31 - 1922-08-31, first quarter 20st century, photographic paper, fotopapier, gelatin silver print, developing gelatin silver print

Vessels in the port of Köpmanholm.

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-1137. 1956

Cristina Island (Huelva). 1950 (CA.). Boats moored in the port.

Inner harbor in Malmö.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destructions: Bridges. 1940. Tram Bridge in Helmond, destroyed by Dutch troops. 28 May 1940. The Netherlands

The First of the Herring Made 1887 England. Photoetching, pl. XXVII from the album Wild Life on a Tidal Water The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew (1890); edition 270/500 . Peter Henry Emerson

Ceuta. Puerto 1890.

Stoomschip te Hastings; Hastings. Excursion Steamer..

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk. No. 3141, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Mississippi River.

River craft, Benares, 1925, by Ernest Stephen Lumsden. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1952.

Album with photographs from bohusbanan.norra permanent viaduct.

Submarine hr.ms. O 11 (1926-1940), hanging above the sand plate at storage after sinking by accident (collision). Hr.Ms has on March 6, 1940. Eg 3 (the trailing boat ex-Amsterdam) in the Havondmond van den Helder a collision with the Hr.Ms. O 11. The boat sinks and there are three victims to regret.

The Cavalcade de la Landjwell. Amazed boats along a wharf, a boat sailing. The Cavalcade de la Landjwell. Amazed boats along a wharf, a boat sailing. Holland Photo club of Paris.

Crossing a Dragon Maron ONZ. .

Wide view of men spraying water from hoses on boats after a fire destroyed Pier #3 in Weehawken, New Jersey

Great Lakes ships in Cleveland, Ohio Inner Harbor, circa 1919

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge and Starboard View of the SS Chestnut Hill. Photograph Of Foreside Of Bridge And Starboard View Combined. Date - June 25th., 1918. Photographs of S. S. : - Chestnut Hill. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - Net 2970. Captain: - Jas. D. Murray. Oil Tanker. Where from: - Bermuda. Destination: - Not Known. Where Photographed: - Charleston, S.C. Sixth Naval District. By whom photographed: - J. B. Dearborn. Date photographed: - June 18th., 1918.. 1918-06-18T00:00:00.

Ship with Two Masts in front of a Small Town. Unknown, photographer mid-19th century View of a small town with a large ship with two masts at the edge of a river.

View of the harbor - and old castle at Patras, Greece , Ships, Mountains, Cities & towns. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Large sail and steamship in the Nile, c. 1890 - c. 1910 photograph NetherlandsEgypte paper. cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print

Steamboat with walkway to the quay; Steamer of the Niederlandischen Rheindampf Schiffahrt.

Loading German rails in Bremen 1953.

In the dry dock. .

Fishing boats in the port of Douarnenez. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first automobiles and autoraces.

Full messenger in Een Norse Haven; On the way to Bodö.

Molo, Durazzo and sinked ships in the background. .

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