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American Steamer Martha Ogden - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat
American Steamer Ontario - Public domain  drawing

American Steamer Ontario - Public domain drawing

Steamer Ontario on the Great Lakes Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamer Caroline - Public domain image of steamship
Steamer Peerless - Public domain  drawing

Steamer Peerless - Public domain drawing

Steamship Peerless on the Great Lakes Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamer Queen Charlotte, Ontario, Canada
Steamer Walk-in-the-Water - Public domain  drawing

Steamer Walk-in-the-Water - Public domain drawing

Steamer Walk-in-the-Water Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Passengers disembarking from the steamer "Ohio" at Honolulu, Hawaii, ca.1900-1907 (CHS-404)

Passengers disembarking from the steamer "Ohio" at Honolulu, Hawaii, c...

Passengers disembarking from the steamer "Ohio" at Honolulu, Hawaii, ca.1900–1907 Photograph of passengers disembarking at Honolulu from the steamship "Ohio", ca.1900–1907. A man wearing a lei and holding a pa... More

"Bridgeport" (transport steamer) on Tennessee River - NARA - 528960

"Bridgeport" (transport steamer) on Tennessee River - NARA - 528960

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Chickamauga" (transport steamer) on Tennessee River - NARA - 529161

"Chickamauga" (transport steamer) on Tennessee River - NARA - 529161

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The Rosebud, historic old Missouri River boat that went up the River from Bismark, N.D. to Coalbanks in Montana, head o - NARA - 530883

"The Rosebud, historic old Missouri River boat that went up the River ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York - Longshoremen. This shows the prevailing method of transferring bananas from the end on the... - NARA - 518789

New York, New York - Longshoremen. This shows the prevailing method of...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York - Longshoremen. This shows the prevailing method of transferring bananas from the end on the... - NARA - 518790

New York, New York - Longshoremen. This shows the prevailing method of...

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York - Longshoremen. This shows the prevailing method of transferring bananas from the end on the... - NARA - 518791

New York, New York - Longshoremen. This shows the prevailing method of...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York - Longshoremen. This shows the prevailing method of transferring bananas from the end on the... - NARA - 518792

New York, New York - Longshoremen. This shows the prevailing method of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Transport between decks on steamer - NARA - 529338

Transport between decks on steamer - NARA - 529338

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 189 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Steamship HB Kennedy at Colman Dock, Seattle, ca 1913 (MOHAI 279)

Steamship HB Kennedy at Colman Dock, Seattle, ca 1913 (MOHAI 279)

Handwritten on verso: After 1912 (new clock tower). 1909 - arrived - 2 funnel propeller steamer, H.B. Kennedy. Built Portland. Subjects (LCTGM): Steamships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washing... More

05975-Vallejo-1905-Mare Island Navy Yard-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag

05975-Vallejo-1905-Mare Island Navy Yard-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag

Deutsch: Vallejo; Mare Island Navy Yard This postcard is from publisher Brück & Sohn in Meißen (de:Brück & Sohn).This postcard has a unique number 05975 and is available in a higher resolution at the publi... More

05976-Vallejo-1905-Stadt und Hafen-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag

05976-Vallejo-1905-Stadt und Hafen-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag

Deutsch: Vallejo; Stadt und Hafen This postcard is from publisher Brück & Sohn in Meißen (de:Brück & Sohn).This postcard has a unique number 05976 and is available in a higher resolution at the publisher. ... More

06731-Avalon-1905-Bucht von Avalon-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag

06731-Avalon-1905-Bucht von Avalon-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag

Deutsch: Avalon; Bucht von Avalon This postcard is from publisher Brück & Sohn in Meißen (de:Brück & Sohn).This postcard has a unique number 06731 and is available in a higher resolution at the publisher. ... More

On the Levee, New Orleans, La (NYPL b12647398-66323)

On the Levee, New Orleans, La (NYPL b12647398-66323)

* Postcard series number: 7079 1903-1904.

Str. Governor Endicott, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H (NYPL b12647398-68521)

Str. Governor Endicott, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H (NYPL b12647398-68521...

* Postcard series number: 9802 Became Detroit Publishing Company. New imprint with artist's pallet trademark. Included images with dates prior to 1906.

Image taken from page 457 of 'The Sea- its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism' (11282453044)

Image taken from page 457 of 'The Sea- its stirring story of adventure...

Image taken from: Title: "The Sea: its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism" Author: WHYMPER, Frederick. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10498.cc.24." Volume: 01 Page: 457 Place of Publishing: London ... More

StateLibQld 1 132985 Accoma (ship)

StateLibQld 1 132985 Accoma (ship)

US Shipping Board 2,551 GRT cargo steamship Accoma awash in the North Atlantic, 10 February 1919. Bound from New York to Brest, Accoma was abandoned in a sinking condition. All 40 persons aboard were rescued by... More

StateLibQld 1 127119 City of New York (ship)

StateLibQld 1 127119 City of New York (ship)

8,272 GRT passenger motorship City of New York, built in 1930 by Sun Ship Building and Dry Dock Co for American South African Line (Farrell Lines). In 1942 she was sunk by torpedo by the German submarine U-160.

JAMES A. FARRELL - Sjöhistoriska museet - Fo206523

JAMES A. FARRELL - Sjöhistoriska museet - Fo206523

Motiv-ämnesord: Lastångfartyg, Lake freighter, Ångfartyg

Marinmotiv-Valfångstfartyg med fångstbåtar - Sjöhistoriska museet - S 0104

Marinmotiv-Valfångstfartyg med fångstbåtar - Sjöhistoriska museet - S ...

Svenska: Marinmotiv: Amerikansk valfångare har just brassat back och firar båtarna, av vilka den ena med sin harpunerare närmar sig en sprutande val. Text: American Whaler".".

City of Fitchburg

City of Fitchburg

Lithograph of the broadside view of City of Fitchburg built by Joseph B. Van Deusen; engine by Etna Iron Works; printed by Endicott & Co.

Steamship Star of the South during the American Civil War

Steamship Star of the South during the American Civil War

Steamship Star of the South during the American Civil War. She is flying the Union Jack, so this photograph was taken when she was under charter to the Union Army.

The Steam and Sail Ship Western Metropolis, an oil painting by James E. Butterworth

The Steam and Sail Ship Western Metropolis, an oil painting by James E...

The Steam and Sail Ship Western Metropolis, an oil painting by James E. Butterworth

Alaska Sailing Day at Pier 4, 1898 -  88efddc91c623db3833fda93027dea5a

Alaska Sailing Day at Pier 4, 1898 - 88efddc91c623db3833fda93027dea5a

Transcribed from photograph: "Waterfront. 1898. Alaska sailing day during the gold rush of 1898." Pier 4 was located between Spring and Seneca St.

Seattle waterfront near S. King St., ca. 1880 -  15849e0c033a3f64bf59409a6ede46f2

Seattle waterfront near S. King St., ca. 1880 - 15849e0c033a3f64bf594...

Transcribed from photograph: ""1. S.S. Mexico at Co.'s Wharf. 2. Colliers taking coal at coal chute. 3. Stetson & Post's saw mill."" The Stetson and Post Mill, seen at the right, was located on the waterfront b... More

The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores and United States mail contractors LCCN2002722663

The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores and ...

American political cartoon about the awarding of United States mail contracts. Print shows steamships (two shaped like rocking horses) and a balloon labeled "California mail balloon via Nicaragua," with discuss... More

SS Catalina Schedule 1936

SS Catalina Schedule 1936

Steamship Schedule To and From Santa Catalina Island, California, via the SS Catalina and SS Avalon Effective June 6, 1936 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register o... More

Steamboats in the big river parade 1913

Steamboats in the big river parade 1913

Bows of the decorated marine craft moored to the Pittsburgh Wharf just before the start of the grand water pageant, a parade which took place on 27 September 1913 celebrating Allegheny County, Pennsylvania's 1... More

National Line. Steamers, Weekly, between New York and Liverpool, calling at Queenstown (8706011034)

National Line. Steamers, Weekly, between New York and Liverpool, calli...

Title: National Line. Steamers, Weekly, between New York & Liverpool, calling at Queenstown Alternative Title: Union Pacific Railroad illustrations, [page 40] Creator: Unknown Date: 1869 Place: New York, New Yo... More

U.F.C. S.S. Metapan, steam ship (3608380048)

U.F.C. S.S. Metapan, steam ship (3608380048)

UFC SS Metapan, steam ship on ocean. 1911. Name of Expedition: Panama Canal Zone Participants: Seth E. Meek, Samuel F. Hildebrand Expedition Start Date: 1911 Expedition End Date: 1912 Purpose or Aims: Zoolog... More

The Sanitary Commission distributing tobacco to released prisoners on board "Star of the South"

The Sanitary Commission distributing tobacco to released prisoners on ...

The Sanitary Commission distributing tobacco to released prisoners on board "Star of the South" from the deck of the "New York"

The U.S. Transport Star of the South sketched during the American Civil War

The U.S. Transport Star of the South sketched during the American Civi...

The U.S. Transport Star of the South sketched during the American Civil War

Galbraith Dock, Seattle WA circa 1912

Galbraith Dock, Seattle WA circa 1912

From an old colorized postcard, postmarked September 17, 1912. Steamboat Vashonian on left, steamboat Norwood on right, large unidentified ocean-going steamer on far side of pier, with masts of sailing ship vi... More

Card Riverfront Canal Ferry Air

Card Riverfront Canal Ferry Air

Postcard of New Orleans. Aerial view from over the river near the foot of Canal Street looking lakewards. The Canal Street Ferry at the Canal Wharf visible at bottom center. To right is the since demolished ... More

Single Stack Agiers Ferry Card

Single Stack Agiers Ferry Card

New Orleans: Early 20th century postcard view of the old single-stack Algiers/Canal Street Ferryboat across the Mississippi.

Postcard Steamer Roton Point Norwalk CT 1912

Postcard Steamer Roton Point Norwalk CT 1912

Postcard: Excursion steamer landing at Roton Point in Norwalk, Connecticut, postmarked 1912 Description: "Steamer at Landing, Roton Point, South Norwalk CT 1912 / Postally used in 1912."

05976-Vallejo-1905-Stadt und Hafen-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag (cropped)

05976-Vallejo-1905-Stadt und Hafen-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag (cropped)

Deutsch: Vallejo; Stadt und Hafen This postcard is from publisher Brück & Sohn in Meißen (de:Brück & Sohn).This postcard has a unique number 05976 and is available in a higher resolution at the publisher.... More

United States (steamboat 1852) - Public domain image of a steam boat

United States (steamboat 1852) - Public domain image of a steam boat

United States, sidewheel steamship built 1852. Later sold to a Cuban firm and renamed Mexico.

80-G-271225 - USAT Cuba May 1944

80-G-271225 - USAT Cuba May 1944

United States Army Transport Cuba off the southern coast of the United states as photographed from a ZP-22 blimp operating from Naval Air Station Houma in Louisiana.

Photograph of the U.S. Army Transport, State of Maryland -  4bfa3da0d27d04ac7e44b12d6ee58e2b

Photograph of the U.S. Army Transport, State of Maryland - 4bfa3da0d2...

Original Caption: "The U.S. Army Transport "State of Maryland. New Orleans Port of Embarkation, New Orleans, LA."

Steamship. W. P. Clyde & Company

Steamship. W. P. Clyde & Company

Steamship. W. P. Clyde & Company Identifier: industrialhistor00boll (find matches) Title: Industrial history of the United States, from the earliest settlements to the present time: being a complete survey of ... More

Steamship City of Toledo -  669f217086079c8fb7c35cd846bca6f2 (page 1)

Steamship City of Toledo - 669f217086079c8fb7c35cd846bca6f2 (page 1)

A postcard from the Ken Levin Toledo Postcard Collection, donated by Toledo resident, Ken Levin. The collection contains picture postcards about the Toledo area. Mr. Levin's collection was published by the Tole... More

1855 Bill of fare (menu) of the Louisville & New Orleans packet (steamboat) Eclipse, E.T. Sturgeon, Commander

1855 Bill of fare (menu) of the Louisville & New Orleans packet (steam...

1855 Bill of fare (menu) of the Louisville & New Orleans packet (steamboat) Eclipse, E.T. Sturgeon, Commander

New York and Bremen Steamship Company advertisement

New York and Bremen Steamship Company advertisement

New York and Bremen Steamship Company advertisement from the July 11, 1867 Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.

Steamships at New London, circa 1901

Steamships at New London, circa 1901

Two steamships at New London, seen around 1901, along with New London Union Station. At left is the City of Lowell (1894), which operated overnight between New London and New York. At center is Ella (1864), wh... More

SS City of Lowell at New London, circa 1901

SS City of Lowell at New London, circa 1901

City of Lowell (1894), which operated overnight between New London and New York, at New London around 1901

Steamer Belle Island (66861)

Steamer Belle Island (66861)

Title: Steamer "Belle Island" Subjects: Boats Places: Connecticut > Fairfield (county) > Norwalk Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_004426

FMIB 35783 Steamer Used in Menhaden Fishery

FMIB 35783 Steamer Used in Menhaden Fishery

Steamer Used in Menhaden Fishery Subject: Steamboats, Fishing boats, Menhaden fisheries Tag: Vessels

FMIB 45061 U S A T Dex

FMIB 45061 U S A T Dex

Wolof : U. S. A. T. Dex English: *Subject: Ships, Dix (Ship) Tag: Vessels

FMIB 45073 Plant of J F Duthie & Co, Seattle - cleaned

FMIB 45073 Plant of J F Duthie & Co, Seattle - cleaned

Plant of J. F. Duthie & Co., Seattle Subject: J. F. Duthie and Company (Seattle, Washington), Shipbuilding--Washington (State) Geographic Subject: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Tag: Vessels

FMIB 45073 Plant of J F Duthie & Co, Seattle

FMIB 45073 Plant of J F Duthie & Co, Seattle

Plant of J. F. Duthie & Co., Seattle Subject: J. F. Duthie and Company (Seattle, Washington), Shipbuilding--Washington (State) Geographic Subject: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Tag: Vessels

FMIB 45259 One of a Number of Trawlers equipped with Cutting & Washington Wireless

FMIB 45259 One of a Number of Trawlers equipped with Cutting & Washing...

One of a Number of Trawlers equipped with Cutting & Washington Wireless Subject: Trawlers (Vessels), Fishing boats Tag: Vessels

Canal Ferry 1878

Canal Ferry 1878

New Orleans: Ferry boat "Louise" on the Canal Street/Algiers Point line, 1878.

SS Triumph in dry dock near Princes Wharf in 1884 after being wrecked on Tiritiri Matangi Island

SS Triumph in dry dock near Princes Wharf in 1884 after being wrecked ...

SS Triumph in dry dock near Princes Wharf in 1884 after being wrecked on Tiritiri Matangi Island

Antonio Jacobsen - 'Fred B. Dalzell'

Antonio Jacobsen - 'Fred B. Dalzell'

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General history, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, fully illustrated - meet me in Seattle 1909 - Page 47

General history, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, fully illustrated - ...

From the materials for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, held in Seattle. "Steamship Ohio preparing to sail." The same photo slightly differently cropped can be seen at http://content.lib.washington... More

General history, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, fully illustrated - meet me in Seattle 1909 - Page 49

General history, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, fully illustrated - ...

From the materials for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, held in Seattle. "A busy section of Seattle's waterfront". This appears to be pretty far south on the Central Waterfront, near the neighbor... More

SS. Excalibur 1930 - A black and white photo of a boat in the water

SS. Excalibur 1930 - A black and white photo of a boat in the water

Čeština: Parník SS. Excalibur v New Yorském přístavu v roce 1930

USS Naugatuck 58871

USS Naugatuck 58871

USS Naugatuck (1862) Photo #: NH 58871 Line engraving published in Harper's Weekly, circa spring 1862, when the gunboat was operating in the Hampton Roads area, Virginia. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograp... More

Photograph of the Port View of the SS Matilda Weems - DPLA - 8c1d0aa7dfe2e5ef6dd2db7ae849e30b

Photograph of the Port View of the SS Matilda Weems - DPLA - 8c1d0aa7d...

Original caption: Port View. Date: - August 23, 1918. Photograph Of SS. Matilda Weems. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 1322. Captain: - J. R. Tatterson. Owners: - Mason L. Weems Williams Baltimore & Carolin... More

Photograph of the SS Apache - DPLA - ba93b0830139341a10a4855781b1d470

Photograph of the SS Apache - DPLA - ba93b0830139341a10a4855781b1d470

Original caption: Photograph Odf [Of] S: S. Apache. Date: November 25 1918. Nationality: American. Tonnage: 4145. Captain: Frank Mackinnon. Owners: Clyde Line S. S. Co. Where From: Jacksonville, Fla. Destinatio... More

Steamer City of Buffalo

Steamer City of Buffalo

Steamer City of Buffalo, circa 1905 C. & B. Line steamer City of Buffalo Cleveland to Buffalo Postcard, Great Lakes steamer City of Buffalo of the C.& B. Line

SS Frieda

SS Frieda

Painting depicting 1912 Launch of SS Frieda at Fore River Shipbuilding Co. in Quincy, Massachusetts

New Jersey (pilot boat)

New Jersey (pilot boat)

New Jersey, pilot boat.

Steamship SS BUCKMAN with relief cargo for San Francisco, April 23, 1906 (TRANSPORT 403)

Steamship SS BUCKMAN with relief cargo for San Francisco, April 23, 19...

On verso of image: S.S. Buckman with relief cargo for San Francisco. 4-23-06 Subjects (LCSH): Buckman (Steamship); Steamships

Steamer CITY OF TOPEKA at anchor in Muir Inlet, Alaska, ca 1897 (LAROCHE 162)

Steamer CITY OF TOPEKA at anchor in Muir Inlet, Alaska, ca 1897 (LAROC...

Caption on image: "Stmr. City of Topeka at Muir Glacier" Probably on a tourist sightseeing cruise. (La Roche 1516) Subjects (LCTGM): Ships--Alaska--Muir Inlet; Glaciers--Alaska--Muir Inlet Subjects (LCSH): Ci... More

Steamship VICTOR, Commencement Bay, October 5, 1898 (WAITE 128)

Steamship VICTOR, Commencement Bay, October 5, 1898 (WAITE 128)

Notes in inventory: Tacoma, Wash. Steamer VictorPH Coll 291.307 Subjects (LCTGM): Ships--Washington (State); Bays (Bodies of water)--Washington (State) Subjects (LCSH): Victor (Ship); Commencement Bay (Wash.)... More

1927 Mississippi Flood Junior Louisiana

1927 Mississippi Flood Junior Louisiana

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. A crevasse in the levee at Junior, Louisiana, caused by an out-of-control steamship striking the levee. From: "The Floods of 1927 in the Mississippi Basin", Frankenfeld, H.C... More

Nahant 1917

Nahant 1917

Luckenbach No. 4 (US Tug, 1913) Photographed about 1917. The US Navy acquired this tug on 12 October 1917, renamed her USS Nahant (SP-1250) on 30 October 1917 and commissioned her on 1 December 1917. She was l... More

Sinking of the SS Robin Moor, 1941

Sinking of the SS Robin Moor, 1941

Painting of the sinking of the cargo steamship Robin Moor on May 21, 1941

Peep at Washoe - Ho! For Frazer River

Peep at Washoe - Ho! For Frazer River

"Ho! For Frazer River" (sic), illustration from "A Peep at Washoe" by J. Ross Browne, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, December 1860. This would be the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush of 1858. Note that the misspelling in... More

SS China Arrow 1941

SS China Arrow 1941

China Arrow in December 1941

SS Brazil, 1944

SS Brazil, 1944

During WW II, the American liner was repainted and refitted as a troop ship. This is a US Navy photograph of the Brazil from the South Pacific theatre showing the ship in that configuration.

Photograph of the SS Rayo - DPLA - ae4f1ec11dd3feb433e7b52a4c3b5e13

Photograph of the SS Rayo - DPLA - ae4f1ec11dd3feb433e7b52a4c3b5e13

Original caption: Photograph of S. S. Rayo. Date June 17 1918. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 3633. Captain: - F. Sandberg. Owners: - Std. oil Co. Where from: - Beaumont, texas., Destination: - New York, N... More

NH 88350

NH 88350

Photo of SS Herman Frasch (commissioned by the US Navy in September 1918 as USS Herman Frasch (ID # 1617))

Ocean liners: SS President Hoover

Ocean liners: SS President Hoover

Dollar Lines' turbine steamship President Hoover, built in 1930 and lost in 1937

Fitch's Steam Boat 1786 (cropped)

Fitch's Steam Boat 1786 (cropped)

"Plan of Mr. Fitch's Steam Boat." Wood engraving. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A - M (Page 81) BHL47093304

A - M (Page 81) BHL47093304

File from the Biodiversity Library. The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open-access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.

Public Domain Images - SS Caracas

Public Domain Images - SS Caracas

This is an oil painting of the SS Caracas (1881) from the Casa Boulton in Caracas, Venezuela. Since Caracas existed between 1881 and 1888, and this oil painting is said to pre-date 1900, this artwork is in the... More

US Army transport ROSECRANS at dock, Puget Sound port, Washington, ca 1904 (HESTER 176)

US Army transport ROSECRANS at dock, Puget Sound port, Washington, ca ...

*Subjects (LCTGM): Ships--Washington (State) Subjects (LCSH): Rosecrans (Ship); United States. Army Transport Service

Unidentified steamship at anchor, Washington, ca 1900 (HESTER 421)
Arizona (Schiff, 1879)

Arizona (Schiff, 1879)

Deutsch: Die 1879 bei John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, gebaute Arizona war der erste Schnelldampfer.

Blockade-runner2 ADvance. Warship photograph collection

Blockade-runner2 ADvance. Warship photograph collection

Sepia wash drawing of Blockade-runner, the ADVance, by R.G. Skerrett, 1899. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC

Bombardment of Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 15 May 1862

Bombardment of Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 15 May 1862

Bombardment of Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 15 May 1862 Contemporary pencil sketch by F.H. Wilcke, depicting the Union warships Galena, Monitor, Aroostook, Port Royal and Naugatuck (listed as shown,... More

California Gold Rush handbill

California Gold Rush handbill

Public domain photograph of an advertising poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deckplans of the General Porter

Deckplans of the General Porter

Deckplans of the General Porter, later the HMS Toronto and the Sir Charles Adams.

Fitch Steamboat-JSG - Public domain image of a steam boat

Fitch Steamboat-JSG - Public domain image of a steam boat

John Fitch's 1787 oar-propelled steamboat Public domain photograph of a steamboat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Probasco Schiff - An old photo of a steamboat boat in the water

Henry Probasco Schiff - An old photo of a steamboat boat in the water

der Raddampfer Henry Probasco Public domain photograph of a ship, sailing ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Fitch's Second Steamboat from Scharf History of Delaware 1888

John Fitch's Second Steamboat from Scharf History of Delaware 1888

"John Fitch's Second Steamboat," engraved illustration from J. Thomas Scharf, History of Delaware, 1609 — 1888. (Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Company, 1888), p. 268.

PSM V12 D465 The john fitch 1788

PSM V12 D465 The john fitch 1788

John Fitch's 1788 steamboat Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

PSM V12 D468 Watertube boiler of fulton and barlow 1793

PSM V12 D468 Watertube boiler of fulton and barlow 1793

Watertube boiler of Fulton and Barlow, 1793

SS Britannia on the Detroit River, 1909 postcard

SS Britannia on the Detroit River, 1909 postcard

Steamship Britannia operating on the Detroit River. Built in 1906, owned by Detroit, Belle Isle, And Windsor Ferry Company. Also used as an ice-breaker.

Steamboat Iowa Barber 1865p506 cropped

Steamboat Iowa Barber 1865p506 cropped

Steamboat Iowa Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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