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]
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.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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,...
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
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 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 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, ...
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, ...
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...
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...
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
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.
Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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)]
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
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, 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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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.
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., 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.
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
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
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 ...
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 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 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
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...
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...
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 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, ...
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 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 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...
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
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 i...
No. 188 inscribed on photograph. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[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
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.
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]
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...
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...
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.
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
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 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 ...
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 ...
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
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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 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 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...
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...
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
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
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.
Woman in boat picking lily and man standing in the boat holding oar.
[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.
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...
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 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 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 ...
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 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 (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...
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...
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...
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
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 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...
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
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
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
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
Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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 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, 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
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
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
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
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...
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 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 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