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Historical Ports And Ships

Vintage photographs of historical ports, ships, and harbor activities, illustrating maritime life and transportation in various historical contexts.

S.S. Andre Le Bon, a hospital ship, is seen in the Bay of Saloniki, Greece. The French ship, numbered 1577, is captured in this photograph taken during World War One. It was received and issued with the symbol "FO" at Saloniki. This image is from the collection 1577 F.Q.192.

OH - Maumee. Maumee Bay Straight Channel East and West Ranges, Ohio. View of ranges looking toward Toledo.

Photo production of a painting, representing a steamboat drags a sailing ship the sea; Sortie du port. .

Sailing ship on the coast of Sumatra, Paulus Lauters, after Charles William Meredith van de Velde, 1843 - 1845 print Numbered in the top left: pl. L. de print is part of a cover with three magazines. paper. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. coast Padang

Ship for Anker on the Kade, Théodore Gudin, 1824 print Paris paper ships (in general). pier, quay, wharf

During the crossing of France to the United States, Atlantic Ocean: encounter with the S.S. Rotterdam; Meeting with S.S. Rotterdam.

Z.M. Steamship 'Zoutman' for Anker lying in a mountainous landscape. Part of photo album by Robert Daniel Crommelin (1841-1907).

Misc - Unidentified. Unidentified Lighthouse Images.

Scenes on Board the "Dart". Helsby & Co.

Description: H.M.S. "Repulse" leaving Portsmouth with H.R.H. The Prince of Wales on board. Location: Portsmouth, United Kingdom Date: 1925 ship, sunk, warship, rn, repulse, royalnavy, battlecruiser, renownclass, hmsrepulse, forcez, africa, hmsrepulse1916, sunkdecember101941

Station of the Coast Guard at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Charles Dudley Arnold, 1893 photomechanical print Chicago paper collotype world fair, world exhibition. rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Chicago

Panama Canal Zone - Colon & Cristobal, Aerial Photograph.

Description: Looking Down on the Harbour Procession Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Date: 23 March 1932 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

View of a moored sailing ship in Middelburg, George Christopher Davies, c. 1881 - in or before 1886 photomechanical print Middelburglondon paper sailing-ship, sailing-boat. pier, quay, wharf Middelburg

Ships of the Kriegsmarine, Anonymous, 1940 - 1943 photograph Album magazine with a photo of a number of small ships from the Kriegsmarine who sail a port. Part of a small album from the Kriegsmarine in the Netherlands. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print occupation ~ war. harbour. navy (+ motor ships) Netherlands

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875: PATENT BOAT LOWERING APPARATUS

Stoomboot, G. West & Son, c. 1895 - in or before 1900 photomechanical print paper steamship, motorship (+ four persons or more ~ traffic and transport)

The port of Rumeli Hisarı

Sailboat on the water, Étienne Wallon, c. 1894 - in or before 1899 photomechanical print Berlin paper sea (seascape). sailing-ship, sailing-boat

View of a sailboat on the dry, Dr. A. Vianna de Lima, c. 1895 - in or before 1900 photomechanical print paper landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone). sailing-ship, sailing-boat

View of the François Irish Tour at the port of Le Havre. .

Description: Transport in Kelantan. Arrival of one of the Company's steamers at Kuala Lebir with mails from the coast. Location: Kuala Lebir, Malaya Date: 1909-1910 Description: Transport in Kelantan. Trial trip of Government lauch after being repaired in the company's workshops. Location: Kelantan, Malaya Date: 1909-1910 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Coast Guard Fireboat Goes Into Action. This image depicts a U.S. Coast Guard Fireboat pouring streams of water into the center of a fire at a West Coast port.

The Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Feth-i Bülend / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople

Voiture pour le transport des grosses pierres. Eugène Atget, photographer (French, 1857 - 1927) negative 1910 Heavy four-wheeled wagon Secondary Inscription: Inscribed verso mount in pencil by Berenice Abbott: "V13"; inscribed verso print in pencil in unknown hand: "#13".

Historical Transportation - Puerto Rico. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Balen Hay on Wagens on the banks of the Thames, Frank Short, 1936 print paper hay-wagon. river Thames. Wargrave

View of the U.S.S. Bancroft, F.H. Hare, c. 1889 - in or before 1894 photomechanical print paper ships (in general). sea

View of the roadstead of Colombo, Sri Lanka, W.L.H. Skeen & Co., c. 1880 - in or before 1883 photograph Part of travel album with recordings of sights in Egypt, Dutch East Indies, Singapore and Ceylon. Colombo photographic support albumen print harbour (+ view ~ vehicle, ship, etc.) Colombo

Sailing ships and (presumably) a naval ship off the coast of the Dutch East Indies, c. 1920 - c. 1930 photograph Part of photo album of the Kleiterp-Vermeulen family with recordings of the Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, The paper. photographic support sailing-ship, sailing-boat. sailing-ship, sailing-boat (with NAME) Dutch East Indies, The

The 'Zeeland', Andries Augustus Boom, 1912 photograph View of the armored seal 'H.M. Zeeland ', according to the caption on Curaçao, probably on a river in Suriname, May 1912. Part of the photo album of the Boom-Gonggrijp family in Suriname and Curaçao. Suriname photographic support navy (+ motor ships) Suriname

This painting shows German warships to Ankars in Kiel's harbor .. This painting shows German warships to Ankars in Kiel's harbor.

Fotocollectie rijkswaterstaat. FUNICULAR HOUSING SYSTEM. Mr Maurice Lévy Funicular Handbone System, Member of the Institute, Chief Engineer of PTS. & Ch.ssées. Installation made on the canals of St. Maur & St. Maurice. Legend: Vertical pulley, horizontal pulley of convex angles and extremities of. 1888. Frankrijk, Saint Maurice

Road with cart tracks by the mountains at Trossachs in Scotland. Part of photo album by Robert Daniel Crommelin (1841-1907).

NY - Staten Island. Staten Island Depot, New York. Defective generator.

Paris view album. Diploma in the automotive exhibition. Post card. Editions ND Phot. 1907. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Annies 1900, automobile, Belle Epoque, Electric Lighting, Exhibition, Grand Palais, means of transport, night, transportation, vehicle, VIIIEM VIII 8th 8th 8 arrondissement, car, night view

Trade cards depicting the beach, bathers, and ships; with these words : Manhattan Beach ; Fall River Line, New York and Boston ; The Fall River Line between New York and Boston, The world renowned steamer 'Providence' ; verso shows a diagram of the steamer 'Providence'.. Trade cards. 1876 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Steamboats, Beaches, Bathing

Historical Transportation - Illinois. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The Imperial Yacht, İzzeddin / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères

Two men in conversation to the railing of a ship; Auf der Fahrt Nach Bodö.

Imperial district office, Japanese schooner, bread fruitsMariana. Kais. District office, Jap. Schooner, bread fruits

Arriving in the harbor of Constantinople the steamer is soon surrounded with small boats. Chicken, fruit and porters are offered to passengers. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Rowboats,Turkey,Istanbul,1920-1930.

PR - Anegado Shoal. Anegado Shoal Rear Range Light, Puerto Rico. 9:00 AM, camera located about 75 feet SE from wreck.

View of the decorated ship 't Willemijntje, Henri de Louw, 1887 photograph This photo is part of a cover with twelve photos. Amsterdam paper. cardboard albumen print public festivities. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. canals, waters (in city) Amsterdam

Commercial Fishing - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The speed of the great liners: a factor which makes head lights and other precautions necessary. Above: a dotted outline shows where the ship would be after 30 seconds' movement. Below: showing how a vessel at full speed would cover 744 yards in one minute, reaching a dangerous iceberg. Date: 1912

Parked cars for a car trade on a canal in Amsterdam.

Car rally in the sand dunes of the Sahara Desert, Algeria 19052

The picture shows the armor driver Fylgia passing the Kiel Canal.

Calcutta; "The Strand" near the Eden Gardens. View of an intersection of Strand Road and Gostha Paul Sarani at the Eden Gardens cricket grounds along the Hooghly River. Docked ships can be seen along the river on the left, and a horse-drawn carriage stands in the middle of the intersection. A man sits on a railing in the foreground beside a man who stands next to him. A stone wall decorated with a perforated circle pattern runs around the corner on the far side of the street with a man sitting on it.. (Recto, image) lower right, handwritten in the negative: "1727" (Recto, mount) lower left, handwritten in pencil: "A42.96 (Bou)" Lower center, handwritten in black ink: "The Course, from corner opposite the Eden Gardens / also / anchorage of the "Hunsdon" / 1872 underlined"

Travellers Boat at Ibrim. Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898)

MI - Whitefish Point. Whitefish Point Light Station, Michigan. Switchboard, submarine bell.

Triple Compound Machine from HM SS Valk, Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, 1880 photograph Photo of a steamship, with caption, name of the machine in red/yellow, rest in black. Inscription; o.: 'Manufactured by the Royal Partnership "De Schelde". Flushing paper. cardboard Flushing

DE - Christiana Lights. Christiana North Jetty, Delaware. Showing extent of damage and wreck of 9:15 AM, Feb. 14, 1927.

Views from Borlänge - Siljan's railway, BSJ.

A Bird in the Hand --- Almost. A Coast Guard helicopter, demonstrating its split-inch maneuverability, hovers over the torch in the hand of the statue of liberty. While it appears like a thick photograph, it was made from a second Coast Guard helicopter. The helicopters were from the Coast Guard Air Station at Brooklyn, N.Y., where they are being used in air-sea rescue operations.

Block Island. Picking up and conveying victims of the "Larchmont" disaster to the Saudy Point Life Saving Station. Feb, 12, 1907. HMK.

Halibut boat. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Description: Bridge Day on the Harbour. Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Date: 23 March 1932 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Regatta. Unknown maker, French

Design drawing for the top of tile tableau in honor of the 25th anniversary of the coal-trade association, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, in Or Before 1921 drawing In the middle a steamship and coal shivers on the sides. paper. chalk. pencil brush names of organizations, companies, trade unions, etc.. steamship, motorship (+ taking in fuel; feeding the animals). anthracite, hard coal. porter, bearer

Description: Fiji. White wings and blue seas, Yachting in Fiji Location: Suva, Nukulau Island, Fiji Date: March 1941 fiji, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Gotthardbahn: Wasen. Adolphe Braun & Cie (French, founded 1876, dissolved 1889)

Gotthardbahn: Bohrgestell mit Bohrmaschinen. Adolphe Braun & Cie (French, founded 1876, dissolved 1889)

Gotthardbahn: Luftlocomotive. Adolphe Braun & Cie (French, founded 1876, dissolved 1889)

N.N., Moselbahn route (Moselle route): Koblenz-Trier, Trier (1874-1879): View. Photo on cardboard, 46.5 x 63.3 cm (including scan edges)

Gotthardbahn: Luftlocomotive. Adolphe Braun & Cie (French, founded 1876, dissolved 1889)

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