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Caruso fishing - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Caruso fishing - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

[Woman in canoe pointing camera]

[Woman in canoe pointing camera]

Photograph shows young woman sitting in canoe pointing camera. Public domain photograph of people with a small paddle boat, or canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mabel Hollis - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Mabel Hollis - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Children at play on grounds of Washington Child Research Center. Group of children on playground

Children at play on grounds of Washington Child Research Center. Group...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lumberjack forming log raft in slough, Tillamook, Oregon

Lumberjack forming log raft in slough, Tillamook, Oregon

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gil Smith R Sloop PAULINE, Long Island Maritime Museum, West Sayville, Suffolk County, NY

Gil Smith R Sloop PAULINE, Long Island Maritime Museum, West Sayville,...

Significance: Gil Smith of Patchogue, NY was one of the most prolific boat designers and builders on Long Island, perhaps crafting more than four hundred small boats from 1876 to 1936. Primarily building shall... More

M/V Colleen, Tall Timbers, St. Mary's County, MD

M/V Colleen, Tall Timbers, St. Mary's County, MD

Significance: Colleen is a representative example of the wooden boat-building tradition in southern Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1237 Survey num... More

Langell Pulling Skiff, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI

Langell Pulling Skiff, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Bure...

Significance: The design and plank on ribs construction is typical of round-hulled rowing boats of this era. This boat is believed to be built at the Langell Shipyard, Marine City, MI, circa 1898. Ted Richard... More

Truscott Fantail Launch, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI

Truscott Fantail Launch, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Bu...

Significance: Recreational boating under power increased during the early twentieth century. Vacationers from Chicago traveled to South Haven and other Michigan destinations to enjoy the cooler temperatures an... More

Blanchard Junior Knockabout, Hull No. 7, The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, King County, WA

Blanchard Junior Knockabout, Hull No. 7, The Center for Wooden Boats, ...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Blanchard Junior Knockabout, Hull No. 7 is significant as an example of the popular livery sailboat, which was developed to adapt to the economic realities of the... More

Veterans Lake Dam, Veterans Lake Access Road, Sulphur, Murray County, OK

Veterans Lake Dam, Veterans Lake Access Road, Sulphur, Murray County, ...

Significance: Veterans Lake Dam was built between 1934 and 1939 by Oklahoma laborers and civil engineers using funds from the Civil Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration. It is a typical ea... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Lake Gogebic, Mich., black bass fishing

Lake Gogebic, Mich., black bass fishing

Title from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "445" and "4744 dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04744. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Diving boys of Martinique, W.I.

Diving boys of Martinique, W.I.

Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southern Yacht Club, West End, New Orleans

Southern Yacht Club, West End, New Orleans

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05765. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Fisherman's boat on the lake, Tiberias, Holy Land, (i.e., Israel)]

[Fisherman's boat on the lake, Tiberias, Holy Land, (i.e., Israel)]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "15071". Forms part of: Views of the Holy Land in the Photochrom print collection.

Boats, Monterey, California

Boats, Monterey, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Davis Island Dam & Lock No. 1, Ohio River, mile 4.7 on right bank, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Davis Island Dam & Lock No. 1, Ohio River, mile 4.7 on right bank, Pit...

Includes index to related materials in National Archives RG 77. Significance: As the first lock and dam on the Ohio River, the Davis Island Lock and Dam was an experimental project testing the skills of the 19t... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Built in 1903 for George Boldt, whose biography is a rags-to-riches story of a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States and became a wealthy businessman, LA DUCHESSE survives as a luxuriou... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

[Pesaro Palace, Venice, Italy]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

[Pesaro Palace, Venice, Italy]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of historical landmark building in Italy, Italian architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The lake, south side, Konigsberg, East Prussia, Germany (i.e., Kaliningrad, Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)]

[The lake, south side, Konigsberg, East Prussia, Germany (i.e., Kalini...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Title on piece: Königsberg. Schlossteich. Südseite. Print no. "8394". Forms part of: View... More

The helping hand / J.K. after Renouf.

The helping hand / J.K. after Renouf.

Illustration shows a diminutive Uncle Sam rowing a sailboat and receiving a helping hand from J.P. Morgan. Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1782 (1911 April 26), centerfold. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Boat race, Po'keepsie 6/26/14. Photo by Bain News Service collection

Boat race, Po'keepsie 6/26/14. Photo by Bain News Service collection

Photograph shows spectators in boats at an intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson River. Bain News Service photograph. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain News Service photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Boys diving from docks - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Boys diving from docks - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of the Middle East, Arabs, Palestine, in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of Jaffa pier. Lighters on the Jaffa coast inside the so called Rocks of Andromeda

Construction of Jaffa pier. Lighters on the Jaffa coast inside the so ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of men standing on top of a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing on top of a boat. Office of War Information P...

Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kayaker Kris Bjornson gets some late-afternoon exercise in the Arkansas River, in front of a most unusual levee in Pueblo, Colorado

Kayaker Kris Bjornson gets some late-afternoon exercise in the Arkansa...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The long and eclectic mural on the levee walls first appeared as whimsical graffiti in the 1970s and is said to be the longest, if not... More

The Suez Canal, Port Said, Egypt

The Suez Canal, Port Said, Egypt

Canal with small boats and structures on bank. 13100 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12989.

Metal Fantail Launch, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI

Metal Fantail Launch, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren...

Significance: Typical of launch designs in the early twentieth century, this boat is unique in its construction technique using metal seamed planking over oak ribs and keel. The individual stamped planks are c... More

Metal Fantail Launch, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI

Metal Fantail Launch, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren...

Significance: Typical of launch designs in the early twentieth century, this boat is unique in its construction technique using metal seamed planking over oak ribs and keel. The individual stamped planks are c... More

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Built in 1903 for George Boldt, whose biography is a rags-to-riches story of a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States and became a wealthy businessman, LA DUCHESSE survives as a luxuriou... More

Blanchard Junior Knockabout, Hull No. 7, The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, King County, WA

Blanchard Junior Knockabout, Hull No. 7, The Center for Wooden Boats, ...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Blanchard Junior Knockabout, Hull No. 7 is significant as an example of the popular livery sailboat, which was developed to adapt to the economic realities of the... More

Meraco Speedster Square Stern Canoe, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI

Meraco Speedster Square Stern Canoe, Michigan Maritime Museum, South H...

Significance: This St. Louis Arrowhead Canoe has a square stern for outboard motor use and it embodies characteristics of both powered runabout and canoe. Compared to a canoe, the increased beam, stability and... More

Meraco Speedster Square Stern Canoe, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI

Meraco Speedster Square Stern Canoe, Michigan Maritime Museum, South H...

Significance: This St. Louis Arrowhead Canoe has a square stern for outboard motor use and it embodies characteristics of both powered runabout and canoe. Compared to a canoe, the increased beam, stability and... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

[A sailor sits in a small boat in the foreground with a side wheeler in the rear]

[A sailor sits in a small boat in the foreground with a side wheeler i...

No. 188 inscribed on photograph. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Lake Gogebic, Mich., black bass fishing]

[Lake Gogebic, Mich., black bass fishing]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Put-In-Bay, the Kirby - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Put-In-Bay, the Kirby - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Old order and the new - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Old order and the new - Drawing. Public domain image.

Three people in small sailboat, two of them rowing, England. Illus in: Life and landscape of the Norfolk Broads / P.H. Emerson and T.F. Goodall. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886, pl. 12.

[A Landing party at Hampton Roads]

[A Landing party at Hampton Roads]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

People from Louisville, Kentucky, taking a picnic supper on their boat on the Ohio River

People from Louisville, Kentucky, taking a picnic supper on their boat...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The shrimp boat Capt. Tang, loaded with more than crustaceans and crew, passes by at the annual Blessing of the Fleet of shrimp boats in the Atlantic Coast city of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, just north of Charleston. The event is more than a blessing from a member of the clergy. It's a daylong festival saluting the fleet, its sailors, and the shrimping industry

The shrimp boat Capt. Tang, loaded with more than crustaceans and crew...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Venice, a seaside city near Los Angeles, Calif.

Venice, a seaside city near Los Angeles, Calif.

Gondola on water; Antler Hotel in backgrd. J175524 U.S. Copyright Office No. 7. Stereo copyrighted by Stereo-Travel Co. Caption card tracings: Canals; Hotels... Ca. V-; Gondolas; Ca. V-; Photog. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.

M/V Colleen, Tall Timbers, St. Mary's County, MD

M/V Colleen, Tall Timbers, St. Mary's County, MD

Significance: Colleen is a representative example of the wooden boat-building tradition in southern Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1237 Survey num... More

Langell Pulling Skiff, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI

Langell Pulling Skiff, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Bure...

Significance: The design and plank on ribs construction is typical of round-hulled rowing boats of this era. This boat is believed to be built at the Langell Shipyard, Marine City, MI, circa 1898. Ted Richard... More

Ricks Estate, Boathouse, Ricks Pond, Ricks Road, Hot Springs, Garland County, AR

Ricks Estate, Boathouse, Ricks Pond, Ricks Road, Hot Springs, Garland ...

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ricks Estate, Boathouse, Ricks Pond, Ricks Road, Hot Springs, Garland County, AR

Ricks Estate, Boathouse, Ricks Pond, Ricks Road, Hot Springs, Garland ...

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fishing Vessel Lola Catherine, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, MD

Fishing Vessel Lola Catherine, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, MD

Significance: Fishing Vessel (F/V) Lola Catherine is a representative example of the wooden boat-building tradition in southern Maryland. The design and construction reflect an evolution of tradition from nine... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Dumphy Yawl Boat, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI

Dumphy Yawl Boat, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren Cou...

Significance: Recreational boating increased in popularity at the turn of the century and a variety of rowing boat designs were adapted to this service. This yawl was likely used by summer vacationers in Michi... More

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Built in 1903 for George Boldt, whose biography is a rags-to-riches story of a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States and became a wealthy businessman, LA DUCHESSE survives as a luxuriou... More

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Built in 1903 for George Boldt, whose biography is a rags-to-riches story of a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States and became a wealthy businessman, LA DUCHESSE survives as a luxuriou... More

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Built in 1903 for George Boldt, whose biography is a rags-to-riches story of a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States and became a wealthy businessman, LA DUCHESSE survives as a luxuriou... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

The lily gatherer - Drawing. Public domain image.

The lily gatherer - Drawing. Public domain image.

Woman in boat picking lily and man standing in the boat holding oar.

[Steel boat, power launch] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Steel boat, power launch] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Amphibious aircraft] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Amphibious aircraft] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The giant "King Crab" of the Bering Sea, which before the war supplied a substantial amount of the canned crab meat which the Japanese sold to the United States, will be canned commercially by Americans for the first time this year. Prior to the war the Japanese were taking the "King Crab" in sight of American territory, canning it on floating canneries, and shipping it to the United States for sale. In one pre-war year alone we imported 10,720,000 pounds of crab meat valued at 4,582,000 dollars from Japan and ninety-five percent of our canned crab meat came from this source

The giant "King Crab" of the Bering Sea, which before the war supplied...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

On board the fishing boat Alden, out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. A school of mackerel is sighted and the skipper orders full speed ahead. The big boat speeds up to ten knots, towing the seine boat on the side and a small dory on the rear

On board the fishing boat Alden, out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. A s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

19' 6" Mukilteo Boat, The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, King County, WA

19' 6" Mukilteo Boat, The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, King Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-224 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James River, Virginia Monitor U.S.S. Onondaga; soldiers in rowboat in foreground

James River, Virginia Monitor U.S.S. Onondaga; soldiers in rowboat in ...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Dona... More

Langell Pulling Skiff, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI

Langell Pulling Skiff, Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Bure...

Significance: The design and plank on ribs construction is typical of round-hulled rowing boats of this era. This boat is believed to be built at the Langell Shipyard, Marine City, MI, circa 1898. Ted Richard... More

The great international university boat race On the river Thames (England) from Putney to Mortlake 4 miles 2 furlongs August 27th 1869 : Between the picked crews of the Harvard (American) and Oxford (English) universities.

The great international university boat race On the river Thames (Engl...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2843

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

S.S. Princess May wrecked on August 5, 1910

S.S. Princess May wrecked on August 5, 1910

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Built in 1903 for George Boldt, whose biography is a rags-to-riches story of a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States and became a wealthy businessman, LA DUCHESSE survives as a luxuriou... More

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, End of Horton Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: The Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory is significant as the first U.S. manufacturer of copper paint, which was used on the bottom of boats to prevent marine growth. Survey number: HAER MA-166 Build... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

The ladies' parlor on the Ocklawaha [sic], Florida

The ladies' parlor on the Ocklawaha [sic], Florida

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aldebaran Canal, Venice, California

Aldebaran Canal, Venice, California

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of a canal, with a boat in foreground. J151140 U.S. Copyright Office No. 071899. Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. Forms part of: Detroit Publishing Company Photograph... More

TITANIC life boats on way to CARPATHIA

TITANIC life boats on way to CARPATHIA

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2485-4.

Boggis Jordan trip. River Jordan

Boggis Jordan trip. River Jordan

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On board the fishing boat Alden, out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. A school of mackerel is sighted and the skipper orders full speed ahead. The big boat speeds up to ten knots, towing the seine boat on the side and a small dory on the rear

On board the fishing boat Alden, out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. A s...

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Excursion Launch TIGER, The Antique Boat Museum, 75 Mary Street, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY

Excursion Launch TIGER, The Antique Boat Museum, 75 Mary Street, Clayt...

Significance: Excursion Launch Tiger is an example of a recreational boat. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1647 Survey number: HAER NY-339

Sloop Yacht Kathleen, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Sloop Yacht Kathleen, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: The Kathleen is a shoal-draft centerboard sloop of the kind that dominated yachting on San Francisco Bay from the 1850s until about 1910. Built on North Beach in 1904–1905 by the Italian immigrant... More

Fishing Vessel Lola Catherine, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, MD

Fishing Vessel Lola Catherine, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, MD

Significance: Fishing Vessel (F/V) Lola Catherine is a representative example of the wooden boat-building tradition in southern Maryland. The design and construction reflect an evolution of tradition from nine... More

Fishing Vessel Lola Catherine, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, MD

Fishing Vessel Lola Catherine, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, MD

Significance: Fishing Vessel (F/V) Lola Catherine is a representative example of the wooden boat-building tradition in southern Maryland. The design and construction reflect an evolution of tradition from nine... More

Hillsboro Ranch, Fort Smith, Big Horn County, MT

Hillsboro Ranch, Fort Smith, Big Horn County, MT

Significance: Hillsboro (Cedarvale) is significant in relation to the life and achievements of Dr. G. William Barry, the first individual to recognize and exploit the recreational potential of Bighorn Canyon. ... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Built in 1903 for George Boldt, whose biography is a rags-to-riches story of a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States and became a wealthy businessman, LA DUCHESSE survives as a luxuriou... More

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY

Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Built in 1903 for George Boldt, whose biography is a rags-to-riches story of a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States and became a wealthy businessman, LA DUCHESSE survives as a luxuriou... More

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