4,272 Steamship Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

President Theodore Roosevelt and Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot -- T.R...

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shooters Island, Ships Graveyard, Vessel No. 53, Newark Bay, Staten Is...

Significance: Vessel 53, the MINERVA (formerly the JANE MOSELEY), is a sidewheel steamer that was built in Brooklyn in 1870. Most of its hull is below water, but the assembled wooden A-frame for the walking be... More

Tōkyō ōrai kuruma zukushi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese triptych print shows various modes of transportation, including a steamboat, steam vehicle, a velocipede, and a cannon being pushed into position by two men, Tokyo, Japan. Signature: Ichimōsai Yoshito... More

U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence. U.S. Frigate Minnesota

Broadside view of three ships. Title inscribed below ships. Inscribed below image: U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence (an old style ship) rigged like I'll not be quite sure about this ships being the St. L. it is here o... More

[James River, Virginia U.S.S. monitor Canonicus taking on coal from a ...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Gaikokujin sen no uchi: jōkisen - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print showing a Japanese man and boy standing on the shore of a harbor in which is docked an American steamship, possibly Commodore Perry's ship. Print created by either Hiroshige II or Hiroshige III.... More

The Fulton ferry boat, [Brooklyn, N.Y.]

Photograph showing the ferry boat "Fulton" making a crossing. Inscribed on verso: To Walt Whitman with best wishes from J. Johnston, Bolton, England. Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

Old dominion steamship company - Public domain image of steamship

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hart, Chas.

Bird's-eye view of waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts.

Photograph of Boston docks and harbor, with sail and steam vessels, including side wheelers. H84741 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 019604. No. LC-D4-19604 (cracked). Photograph copyrighted by the Detroit Publishing Co.

Bird's-eye view of waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts.

Liberty enlightening the world--Inauguration of the Bartholdi Statue, ...

Statue of Liberty partly clouded by smoke from military and naval salute marking the President's arrival at Liberty Island; steamboats in foreground: "Magnolia" and "Myndert Starin". S6077 U.S. Copyright Office... More

Steamer Louisiana now running between Baltimore & Fort Monroe

Broadside view of steamship under weigh. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.459) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file P. Forms part of: Morgan collectio... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

"Good-bye, good friends, good-bye, we go to do or die," steamer Rosali...

Photograph shows steamer Rosalie at dock. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley - Keystone View Co. No. 9064. Caption card tracings: Gold Traveling to; Steamboats Misc. ROSALIE; Wash. Seattle.

Brilliant naval victory on the Mississippi River, near Fort Wright, Ma...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0774.

Our Steamers passing sunken trees in the Pomonkey[sic] River, going up...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Currituck Capt. W.F. Shunkerd[?]; Sethlow[?] tugboat. Inscribed in blue ink upper left: O.K., [with initials?]; and in pencil: 12. [Lumley?-on mat] Fomerly at... More

Steam Tug EPPLETON HALL, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisc...

Significance: The steam side paddlewheel tugboat EPPLETON HALL was the last of the famed British paddleboats to be built. Its engine is the once-common, but now rare, twin sidelever "grasshopper" engine. It ... More

Steam Tug EPPLETON HALL, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisc...

North River Blue Stone Works of John Maxwell and the Bigelow Blue Ston...

Print showing a view from across the Hudson River of the waterfront plant of John Maxwell's North River Blue Stone Works and the Bigelow Blue Stone Co. at Malden, New York; stacks of blue stone tiles, men worki... More

Smokestacks and bridge of a steamboat docked at Jackson Square on the ...

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

U.S. Iron clad steamer, New Ironsides

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rease, W.H.

The steam-ships POTTINGER and CYCLOPS stranded in Thorness Bay, Cowes,...

Wood engr. in Illus. London News, Nov. 7, 1846, p.300. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ships (2); Ships Disasters.

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

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

United States mail steam ship "Pacific"

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Day & Son.

Arresting the Steamship Northern Light

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 4 (1856 Jan. 5), p. 57. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860. C... More

The new American iron steamship "Champion," of the Vanderbilt line

Illustration showing the starboard side of the side-wheel steamship "Champion." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 3, no. 144 (1859 October 1), p. 625.

Nipsic - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: Spars reddish color. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.95) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

U.S. Transport Marion - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view of sidewheel steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: See about this and the Florida. Formerly Waud no. C-53. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.980 verso) Forms part... More

Saxonia - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Sketch of bow detail at right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.101) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The U.S. steamer Search. - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.109) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Revenue cutter - Public domain document scan of drawing

Sketch of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Revenue Cutter Service was forerunner of Coast Guard. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.47). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Sketches of four ships] - Public domain document scan of drawing

Title devised. Ships identified: Steamer Edsall; Cambridge; Torpedo boat Stromboli. Inscribed above Steamer Edsall: Grey. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.345) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil... More

U.S.S. Mendota, James River, Virginia during American Civil War

No. B203. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrival of the United States steam sloop Niagara at Jeddo, Japan, with...

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

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer "Golden Gate," burned at sea July 2...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 295 (1862 Aug. 23), p. 540.

[Washington, District of Columbia]. Brazilian steamer

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

Steamship SACRAMENTO, San Francisco, California, 19th century steresco...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Coasting Vessels, San Francisco, California, 19th century sterescope c...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 308. LOT subdivision subject: Ships and River Steamers. This record contains unverified old data f... More

Valiant - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

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

[Broadside view of three-masted schooner Niagara, with riverboat Mount...

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

Tampa pier, the Olivette at her landing

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The balance of trade with Great Britain seems to be still against us--...

Page of advertisements with cartoon showing people on steamship carrying "Poor house from Galway." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 27, 1883 April 28, p. 272.

U.S.S. Dolphin - Public domain image of steamship

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Dolphin - Public domain image of steamship

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[U.S.S. Petrel] - Public domain image of steamship

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Alice Howard", Charlotte Harbor

Deck of boat, Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamer St. Lawrence, 1000 Islands

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Str. Lackawanna - Public domain image of steamship

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

Str. Islander at Frontenac wharf, Round Island, N.Y.

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

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

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of ship docs, shipyard, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Entrance to harbor, Havre, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8025". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

U.S.S. Solace - Public domain image of steamship

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

Steamer - Public domain image of steamship

Title from jacket. "30" and "51" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032342. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Steamer C.R. Lockwood] - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

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

S.Y. [steam yacht] Tillie - Public domain image of steamship

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

Steamer Mt. Washington - Public domain image of steamship

Title devised by cataloger. Locale based on nehative D4-34174. "3054" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 030937. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

["Grosser Kurfurst," dining room, first class, North German Lloyd, Roy...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "17215". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[North German Lloyd steamer "La Prusse", Antwerp, Belgium]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J, foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, c1905. Print no. "9229". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ... More

Nydia - Public domain image of steamship

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

Frank Jones - Public domain image of a steam boat

Photograph shows sideview of the steamboat the Frank Jones. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

May - Public domain image of steamship

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

Au Revoir - Public domain image of steamship

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

S.S. Lucania, July 28, 1894 - Public domain image of steamship

"J.S. Johnston, N.Y." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022369. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[U.S.S. Hartford, aft from foretop]

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

[Steamer Sampo] - Public domain image of a steam boat

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Maine passing under Brooklyn Bridge

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

Steamer in the Arabian Sea near Bombay (?)

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Satanella - Public domain image of steamship

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

[N.Y. (City) Harbor: SS ST. LOUIS - full, broadside view]

Photo copyrighted by A. Loeffler. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Statues; New York NYC Waterfront; Ships; Shelf.

Corinthia - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

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

Steamer QUEEN at Haines Mission, Alaska, enroute to the Klondyke

Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley, Keystone View Co. No. 9291. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gold Rush... Traveling...; Alaska H- M-; Ships Other; Ships QU... More

Troop ships for the Philippines /

Shows the departure from San Francisco of two troop ships, the S.S. Australia and the S.S. City of Sydney, bound for Manila during the Spanish-American War. The first ship shown is the Australia with many troop... More

Niagara steam yacht steamboat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Attribution based on style of title and numbering. "Plymouth" on steamboat. "773" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022034. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Alvorado [sic] - Public domain image of steamship

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

A thousand boys in blue on S.S. RIO-DE-JANEIRO bound for Manila

U.S. troops on ship during Philippine Insurrection. Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships; U.S. Hist. 1898.

19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a boat in the water, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

The W.B. Morley, Ontario, Canada

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

[Str. North American, Saint Clair Flats]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, 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 ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Transfer steamer Detroit - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

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

S.S. Sachem - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

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

Steam pilot boat "New York" - Public domain image of a steam ship or b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

S.S. "Christopher Columbus" view, photochrome print postcard.

Postcard shows Great Lakes whaleback steamship entering an unidentified harbor. D10231 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 324. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 038, c47

[Boat landing, Kingston Point, N.Y.]

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

Steam yacht Edith - Public domain image of steamship

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

Lusitania - starboard view; out in harbor, Bain, N.Y.C. / Bain

Public domain photograph of ocean liner, ship, transatlantic travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Str. Governor Endicott, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.]

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

Diving for coins, Nassau, W.I. - Public domain image of a steam boat

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

Passenger steamship collection - [Steamer Tashmoo]

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

[Str. Juniata] - Public domain image of steamship

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

[Boat house at Roger's Slide, Lake George, N.Y.]

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

Ocean liners: OLYMPIC - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Titanic sister ship Public domain image of a passenger ship, ocean liner, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Str. Eastland, Cleveland, Ohio]

Public domain photograph of ocean liner, ship, transatlantic travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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