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Historical Shipping and Labor

Depictions of shipping activities and laborers at ports, featuring unloading materials and cargo handling from the late 19th to mid-20th century.

Shipping material at Woolwich for the Souakim railway in eastern Sudan.     Date: July 12th 1884
Shipping material at Woolwich for the Souakim railway in eastern Sudan. Date: July 12th 1884
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Photograph of exterior Wallabout Market, D.P. 6, Lot 25, Building 2024, 1201 Metz St. Electric winches, rear D.P. 5-6, 1201-03 Metz St.. Detailed view of winch on dock with Wallabout Basin, cranes and other docks in background, from negative 1070..
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Grimsby Trawlers- Everyday Life With the Fishermen, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, 1945.
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Yetting. Cabspipor.
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Anefo photo collection. Gas oil in the EEM at Amersfoort; People from the Environmental Service of Provinciale Waterstaat busy with the Eem. October 17, 1974
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"Niagara" - Also Salvage Scenes - Merchant Shipping. March 01, 1955.
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Anefo photo collection. Finland, Helsinki, wood floats at work. May 3, 1965. Finland, Helsinki
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Anefo photo collection. Brand on Logementship Mr. Jan Elshout van Marine at R Rotterdam; Fire fire barrels. 11 February 1971. Rotterdam, South Holland
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"The Sleepless Port" - (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Misc-Traders - Dock Workers. March 26, 1947.
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Anefo photo collection. With closure, Rotterdam Dry Dock Society. Workers walk about the yard. March 25, 1983. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. 100,000th concrete pole Disorted after the war in Osdorp by Minister Van Aartsen, Minister of Aartsen during Heien. October 18, 1960. Osdorp
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Communication of the mine sweep Hr.Ms. Naaldwijk (M 809) In December 1955 at the construction site De Noord in Alblasserdam in the presence of the mayor of Naaldwijk (right next to the microphone).
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Anefo photo collection. Adjustment of shallow water mine sweeper "van Hamel" in Amsterdam Noord. November 14, 1960. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Unloading cargo from a ship, January 23, 1947, Genoa port, Italy, 20th century.
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Frank meadow Sutcliffe original of fishermen lighting pipes
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Anefo photo collection. Mayor of Hall 1st Paal Institute of Arts and Crafts (Amstelveenseweg), Reportage and Overviews. March 9, 1964
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The rope lag (depicted - name).The rope warehouse (depicted - name)
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Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report on life and work on board a Rijnschip. Schipperswoman van Geijn does the laundry aboard the Damco 230. April 1, 1955. Germany, West Germany
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Anefo photo collection. Photos "New Holland". March 23, 1948. Holland
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Vintage photograph. Oystermen scooping up starfish in an effort to protect the oyster crop, as starfish kill off the oyster crop. Bluepoint Company
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Anefo photo collection. Occupation factory starch group West from KSH in Koog aan de Zaan; Employees put ship to chain. March 6, 1978. Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Zaanstad
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Nyb 333 under building.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Wheat loading. July 10, 1949.
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Electrification of the Line Ång-Sundsvall. Mounting work. Mounting trolley at post with weight voltage.
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Anefo photo collection. Repair work Port of Amsterdam. A ship is lifted. 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Anefo photo collection. IJsselmeer fishermen demonstrate Enkhuizen catch limitation. Corf nets plotted. February 22, 1989. Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland
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Indian - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report on life and work on board a Rijnschip. Crew member Otto brushes the Davit from a Little Damco 9 lifeboat, a brick factory in the background. April 1, 1955
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Marseille Harbor Reconstructed. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Mijnenveger Woerden, in the 1957-1990 service. Unloading an anchor.
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Vintage photograph. Loading coffee at Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Anefo photo collection. Catches Urker fishermen seized in connection with catch limitation; Fish promotion in port of IJmuiden. December 9, 1985. Ijmuiden, Urk
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Anefo photo collection. Food provision: Amsterdam port supply of food. Unloading a ship to the trade trap. June 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. 1953 flood plates. Collection of photo collection Anefo, photo number 905-5435. 11 February 1953
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Anefo photo collection. Industrial day Vlaardingen. July 13, 1951. Vlaardingen, South Holland
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Crane unloading logging trucks into sorting pond,Shelton,Pacific Northwest
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Anefo photo collection. Fire at the Vletwinkel paint factory on the Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam. Fire syringes that are focused on the paint factory building from a failboat. November 6, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. The Israeli peace pilot Abie Nathan paints his Netherlands ship white, Amsterdam Abie Nathan with painting volunteers. June 16, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Shipbuilding, Gloucester. Shipbuilding, Gloucester
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Equipment For Sub Rescue -- Ten inch rope being unwound at the dock to be loaded aboard the Navy tug Sagamore at the Brooklyn Navy Yard today, before the tug sailed for Portsmouth, N.H., to help in the rescue of the stricken submarine Squalus. May 23, 1939. (Photo by Wide World Photo).
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Anefo photo collection. Fisheries: Wieringermeer. Fishermen of the Wieringermeer. 1945. Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer
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Anefo photo collection. Scheveningen fishermen stuck, edge on the side. January 8, 1964. Scheveningen, South Holland
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Fishermen Baiting Lines
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Standardization of streams, graves and damping of locks, lay sewage, divers and concrete, stew, streams, Mussel AA, Mussel. July 1957. Mussel, Onstwedde
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Tankers, Esso, at the oil pipes.
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Miner washing gold 1900-1930.
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A few buoys are placed from the DREG IV by the service of hydrography. An employee of the service of hydrography with some of the buoys that will be deported.
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Anefo photo collection. Urker fisherman brings barrels with dinoseb on land in Harling (very dangerous agricultural gif); The Urker fisherman in the harbor. March 31, 1984. Friesland, Harlingen, Urk
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Anefo photo collection. Create oysters from the well. September 30, 1947
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Whaling in the Ross Sea Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negatives
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Chinese employees of a tin mining dredge leave work after completion of their shift. The dredge is worked for twenty four hours a day employing three shifts of employees. December 29, 1955.
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Anefo photo collection. Eagle 500 pieces of studbook cattle for Indonesia in Vlaardingen. Cows, ships, loading and unloading. October 27, 1965. Vlaardingen, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Oesterkwekerij. April 17, 1947
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Asia, india, calcutta, longshoremen, 1964.
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Anefo photo collection. Recordings "fly out" in Enkhuizen by TROS TV over the water on strange inventions. June 9, 1976. Enkhuizen
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Po river, workers, cremona, lombardia, italy, 1956.
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Thetis details for model building.Thetis (depicted name)
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Vintage Photograph. Trout hatchery catching trout from hatchery pool for stocking in Western Connecticut Streams.
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Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Test fishing company nets trawler "The hope" pit trawlnet visible. Usually gettrawled depth 40 meeter, net brought twice. net dragged 2 hours brought in. September 1954. Hollandia, Guinea, Seroon
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Flood Reduces Railway To A Skeleton -- This remarkable picture of the flooding at Barlby, near Selby, Yorkshire, shows railway goods wagons almost submerged by the flood waters being unloaded by rowing-boats and a "duck". On right can be seen the faint outline of trucks which are completely under water.Ouse Catchment Board experts have decided that two great breaches near Barlby cannot be filled, owing to the colossal force of watch poring through.March 29, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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"Columbia River, above Astoria, Oregon. Transferring salmon to large boat, on which they are iced and hauled to cannery/ Salmon are taken from seines in these small boats, which in turn empty their loads into the tender. The tenders take the fish to the canneries." Photographer: W.F. Kubichek  National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Negative.   (7/1/1974 - ). Photographs of Fish Species, Other Aquatic Life, and Activities of the Bureau of Fisheries
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Out With The Herring Deifiers.The East Anglian Herring Season is getting into its stride, and over 3,000 English and Scottish fisherman are sailing from Yamouth and Lowestoft every day for Smith's Knoll and other fishing grounds in the North Sea where the vast appeals of herrings abound. Last year ***** a nearly 45 million herrings - were landed at the ports, and its is hoped that this catch will be beaten by the end of the present season. October 31, 1951.
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Unloading tuna from boat at docks of the Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County
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Illustrations from 'L'Ocean' by Julien Thoulet. Illustrations depicting the preparation and deployment of a deep-sea trawl net. Julien Thoulet (843-1936) a French author. Dated 20th Century
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Stuffing, jaw, 92 foot whale Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negatives
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Lumberjack ready to sink the hook into a log. Long Bell Lumber Company, Cowlitz County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Cowlitz County
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Manoeuvres of the Pioneers - T.P.S. pioneers constructing a bridge across a rapid mountain river in Bavaria. August 3, 1937.
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Compressed air container exposition
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Electrical ore.
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Photo collection Government information service. DIAS water recreation continuous series of 82. Undated
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America, california, los angeles, workers work walnuts, 1920.
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Female sailor swabbing boat deck (EV003705_H)
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Anefo photo collection. 1,000,000th rubber punching supplies to Egypt. December 4, 1953
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Motion picture shoot, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco , Piers & wharves, Motion picture production & direction. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Abu Simbel, United Arab Republic, 4/6/1964. A view of the works to move the Abu Simbel temple, in order to place it on a higher level and prevent it from being covered by the waters of the future Assuan dam. Five nations participated in this rescue.
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