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Vintage Sailboats and Ferries

Charming postcards showcasing vintage sailboats and ferries in serene waters, capturing nostalgia and maritime beauty.

The Paddleboat JS, America Date: 1907

Fishing boats at the wharf, Provincetown, Cape Cod, Mass. , Piers & wharves, Fishing boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Sunstone - Elbe with steamer BasteiPirna. Sunstone - Elbe with steamer Bastei

Fishing boats at the wharf, Provincetown, Cape Cod, Mass. , Piers & wharves, Fishing boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Sailing under the silvery moon , Sailboats, Seas, Moonlight, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Uddevalla harbor with wooden boats.

Going at full speed at Wildwood, N. J. , Boats, Seas, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Aquaplaning at Atlantic Highlands, N. J. , Seas, Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Plans. Wheel steam St. John on the line between New York and Albany from Pier 41 North River at the foot of Canal Street in New York.

Luxury yachts of Pier 66, Fort Lauderdale, Florida , Piers & wharves, Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

'M. V. Abegweit' carferry Cape Tormentine to Borden, Prince Edward Island , Ferries, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Running the course for the boat races at Sardis Dam, near Batesville, Miss. , Boats, Lakes & ponds, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Steamer Martha's Vineyard, New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamboat Lines, Mass. , Steamboats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Postcard of USS Texas Entering Panama Canal. ca. 1919, EL TEXAS ENTRANDO A LAS EXCLUSAS DE MIRAFLORES, CANAL DE PANAMA. U.S.S. TEXAS ENTERING MIRAFLORES LOCKS, PANAMA CANAL.

Elbe in Riesa, Bridges in Riesa, Bodenbach (ship, 1896), Railway coaches of Germany, 1912, Landkreis Meißen, Riesa, Güterwagen, Brücke, Elbe mit Dampfer Bodenbach

Old wrecks in the harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Maine , Ships, Harbors, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

MURAL of RIVER BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

'United States Armoured Cruiser 'Brooklyn'', c1890s. Artist: Unknown

$1,000,000 Public Market on Portland Harbor, showing Patrol Boat and seaplanes, Portland, Oregon , Harbors, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

'The Ticonderoga' -- The last sidewheel steamboat in New England still in operation , Ships, Lakes & ponds, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Barges ashore, Provincetown, Cape Cod, Mass. , Barges, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Speeding along under full sail, Cape Cod, Mass. , Sailboats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Series Warship Types, Maria Theresa, Austria, digitally enhanced reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from c. 1900, Europe

Elb bridge with steamer RiesaRiesa. Elb bridge with steamer Riesa

Steam Vineta outgoingZoppot. Steam "Vineta", outgoing

The port of Oskarhamn, at the quay stands the Gotland boat.

Gazela Primeiro, Philadelphia Pa. , Ships, Bridges, Rivers, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Gasthof with Elbe and steamer Kaiser-Franz-JosefNiederlandatzsch. Gasthof with Elbe and steamer Kaiser-Franz-Josef

U.S.S. Battleship Pensacola, in moonlight on Pensacola Bay, Florida , Ships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Mary Powell - Captain Anderson - Daily Line New York and Kingston - steamboat, 1892

Freight car, bridge, Elbe with steamer BodenbachRiesa. Freight car, bridge, Elbe with steamer Bodenbach

Modern submarine.. Cigarette cards, Trade cards. George Arents Collection

Serie Kriegsschifftypen, Italia, Italien / Series warship types, Italia, Italy, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

T-25. Boating -- A great sport at Bugg's Island Lake on the Virginia - North Carolina state line , Boats, Lakes & ponds, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

New York Ferry Boat ca. 1860-65 Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives American In this marine view, a ferryboat moves left, smoke billows from its central stack, and two large American flags stream backwards, with passengers seen on the decks. Densely packed masts of moored ships in the right background indicate a site near the piers and docks that line Manhattan's southern tip.The New York firm of Currier & Ives grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with brother-in-law James Merritt Ives (1824-1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across America and Europe with popular categories including landscape, marines, natural history, genre, caricatures, portraits, history and foreign views. Until the 1880s, images were printed in monochrome, then hand-colored by women who worked for the company at home.. New York Ferry Boat 380853 Lithographer: Litho

Collotype - S.S. "Lady Eileen" and "Campana" at wharf, Grand River, Gaspé, QC, about 1910

Shrimp boats at St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the United States , Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Elbe in Riesa, Unidentified steamships, Buildings in Riesa, Bridges in Riesa, Sailboats in Germany, 1913, Landkreis Meißen, Riesa, Promnitz, Elbe mit Dampfer

'Getting Electric Light ready -- H.M.S. Edinburgh', c1900. Creator: Unknown.

View down from the Williamsburg Bridge, New York, USA, showing the ferries. Taken shortly after the bridge opened in 1903. Date: 1903

Indian River Inlet Bridge on Ocean Highway, between Bethany Beach and Rehoboth Beach, Del. , Rivers, Bridges, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

San Pedro Harbour, California, USA. 20th century

The Gallant Old Battleship Texas, at the San Jacinto Battlefield, Houston, Texas , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Square Stern Model' Canoe, Canoeing, Fishing & Hunting

Gotland boat at the port of Oskarshamn.

One of the big ones caught at Wrightsville Beach, N. C. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Maurycy Fajans Steam Shipping; Unknown, steam sailing of Maurycy Fajans (1871-), Fajans, Maksymilian (Warsaw; Litographic and photographic plant; 1853-1892); 1892 (1892-00-00-1892-00-00);

Lilly III on White Lake, N.C. , Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

'Gone with the Wind', fishing boat, year around fishing, Ocean City, N. J. , Boats, Seas, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Battleships at Anchor in Los Angeles, Long beach harbor, Calif. , Ships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Jumbo leaving England on the way to the steamer. - Pine State Java. , People, Elephants, Barges, Coffee, Jumbo Elephant, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Meseck Lines -- Jersey City & New York to Rye Beach, N. Y. Steamer 'John A. Meseck' , Ships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Currier & Ives Illustration 19th Century Plan of Gilbert's Balance floating dry dock

Race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee Steamboats between New Orleans and St. Louis on the Mississippi River in June 1870.The Lee won, reaching St. Louis 3 days, 18 hours and 14 minutes after her start beating the previous best time of the Natchez by 33 minutes. Date: June 1870

Lincoln Highway, Lyons and Fulton Bridge over the Mississippi River, America Date: 1920s

USSR - CIRCA 1976: postage stamp shows russian icebreaker "Vladimir Ilich", circa 1976

Chesapeake Bay Bridge linking western and eastern shores of Maryland , Bridges, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Ship Owners and Merchant Tug Boat Company after 1882 Emmanuel Wyttenbach American Chromolithographs became common a decade or so after the end of the Civil War and commercial advertising encouraged the expansion of the technique. This small-scale poster printed by one of the earliest and most successful San Francisco publishers promotes the Ship Owners & Merchants Tug Boat Company, featuring the firms capabilities, the names of its acting directors, and its boats with their trademark red funnel with black tops.. Ship Owners and Merchant Tug Boat Company 641558

Tram Car, Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, Franconia Notch, White Mts., N.H. , Mountains, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Speed boat riding at the Weirs Beach, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H. , Lakes & ponds, Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Vintage poster of the Red Star Line showing the passenger ship sailing under Belgian flag between Antwerp, Belgium and New York, USA, North America

Rand's U-Drive-It inboard motor boats, 25 mi. north of Atlantic City -- U. S. no. 9 -- Tuckerton, N. J. , Boats, Piers & wharves, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

View of Boston freight terminals, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.... , Massachusetts , Suffolk ,county , Boston , South Boston

An ocean-going passenger liner leaves the port of Southampton, beneath a remarkably cloudy sky... Date: 1930s

New Jersey Turnpike crossing the Raritan River , Bridges, Rivers, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Direct Post Office Shipping Hamburg to New York, Ships - Cruise

OTCA MODEL' Canoe, Canoeing, Fishing & Hunting

Fishing fleet heading for gulf stream along MacArthur Causeway, Miami, Florida , Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Breakfast held by Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 1900., 1900., Card; illustrated; color; 5.5 x 8.25 inches

CUBA - CIRCA 1978: A stamp printed by Cuba shows an transport refrigerator ship , stamp from series devoted fishing fleet of Cuba, circa 1978.

Sailboat.

GRENADA - CIRCA 1977: A stamp printed in Grenada issued for the easter water parade shows speedboat races, grand anse, circa 1977.

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