The entrance of Havannah, from within the harbour
Print shows ship in the foreground in the channel at the entrance to Havana, seen at left behind wall. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published... More
Harriet Lane. Warship photograph collection
Broadside view of steam frigate, sailboat and longboat. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.92) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Confederate ram Atlanta (after capture), Trent's Reach, James River, V...
No. 5129. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Pivot guns crew, U.S. Steamer Pocahontas
Photograph shows sailors posed on the ship near the pivot gun. Title inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.269).
[Washington, District of Columbia]. Brazilian Steam Frigate at Navy Ya...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Polly. Warship photograph collection
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. Colorado, screw steam frigate
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[H.M.S. Australia]. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S.S. Constellation. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
H.M.S. Essex. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Str. Conemaugh, an old time propellor sic
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "20" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021100. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
U.S.S. Terror, on speed trial, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit ...
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "X 11" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020106. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Kasagi, Japanese Navy. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
H.M.S. Magicienne. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. cruiser Detroit. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A Foreign warship at Columbian Naval Review, 1892 i.e. 1893
Photo shows the Brazilian battleship Aquidaban (Source: Charley Seavey, 2012, and similarity to negative D4-5511) Negative cracked left side. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021218. Gift; State Historical Society of... More
U.S.S. Marblehead. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Admiral Porter's fleet at the mouth of the Yazoo
Print shows the Union vessels under the command of Admiral David D. Porter at the mouth of the Yazoo River, Mississippi, December 1862. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guerns... More
U.S.S. Iowa, 12 inch and 8 inch gun turrets
Picryl description: Public domain image of a navy artillery gun, cannon, ship weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
United States Navy First Class Cruisers New York and Brooklyn / The We...
The New York (left, in distance) and the Brooklyn (center), at sea, significant ships in the culmination of the Spanish-American War, and fishing boat (right, foreground). 72974 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright... More
Dewey Naval Parade. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
KOON ROON [Ship]. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wyborg Harbor - Finland. Warship photograph collection
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ocean liners: Leviathan. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Battleship. Warship photograph collection
Title devised by cataloger. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 090402. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Nagato, Japan. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S.S. Iowa, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Company...
"551 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021712. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Launch of battleship Georgia, waiting for launching, Bath, Me.]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Farragut's flagship Hartford. Warship photograph collection
Photo shows the Hartford undersail, with the bow toward the viewer. Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 021869. Copyright, 1905, by Detroit Publishing Co. Forms part of: Detroit Publishing Company Pho... More
Victor Hugo. Warship photograph collection
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022446. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
German cruiser Bremen. Warship photograph collection
"G 6551" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022623. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
British cruiser Inflexible. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. battleship Minnesota. Warship photograph collection
"G 6511" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022588. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
U.S. battleship Wisconsin. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Duke of Edinburgh, British cruiser]
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Old words to a new air / Frank A. Nankivell.
Illustration shows John Bull, standing with one foot on England and the other on Ireland, holding strings attached to many warships which encircle the United Kingdom, while overhead fly menacing armed aircraft.... More
Steamer Norwich. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. battleship Connecticut. Warship photograph collection
Title from jacket. "G 6561" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039198. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
U.S. battleship Kansas. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[U.S. battleship Rhode Island] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
WYOMING escorting MONTANA with Vera Cruz dead
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Ship Preston, 1910 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More
Warrington U.S.N.. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Bremen, German cruiser]. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
HAI CHI, China, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows the visit of the Chinese cruiser Hai-Chi, to New York City in September, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times Sept. 13, 1911) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection... More
German destroyers at N.Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Marshall Johnson - Constitution and Guerriere, Aug. 19, 1812
Listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log by [McCormick], 1912. "McC 714" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 050208. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
CONNECTICUT U.S.N. saluting MAYFLOWER
Photo shows the battleship Connecticut saluting the presidential yacht Mayflower. Probably part of a naval review for President William Howard Taft in New York City, October 14, 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons pr... More
COLOSSUS (Brit.). Warship photograph collection
Photograph shows the H.M.S. Colossus, a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom which served in World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
"No drink in the Navy," says Daniels / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with a battleship at center surrounded by an "Auxiliary Fleet" that serves alcoholic beverages to sailors; includes an outer ring of scenes about alcohol and the sea, one s... More
VESTAL, U.S.N.. Warship photograph collection
Photograph shows the USS Vestal, a repair ship with the United States Navy from 1913 to 1946. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
H.M.S. RUSSELL. Warship photograph collection
Photograph shows the H.M.S. Russell, which was sunk off Malta in April 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
CALIFORNIA of Los Angeles in winter quarters
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Liberte, French vessel. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Navy ships]. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The United States fleet in Colon Harbor, Atlantic entrance to the Pana...
No. P195. Stamped on front: "Canal Zone Library." On front: "[Copyright] R. G. Lewis, Y Photo Shop, Balboa, C.Z., January 21, 1924." Appears to form part of Panama Canal Commission collection transferred from L... More
Coolidge are luncheon guest of Saturday Evening Post publisher aboard ...
A black and white photo of a ship in the water, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range.... More
British man of war at Washington, D.C. H.M.S. York, flagship of the Br...
A couple of men standing next to a large ship, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General inform... More
A black and white photo of a ship in the water. Great Depression FFSA ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Arrival of the Negus to Haifa - Public domain image of steamship
Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.
Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public dom...
Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.
Victory of frigate United States over the Macedonian
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saugatuck, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, Virg...
Significance: Saugatuck is representative of the T2-SE-A1 tanker class, which became the workhorse for the U.S. Navy during World War II. There were 481 tankers constructed in this category under the U.S. Mari... More
U.S.M. steam ship Baltic. Collins line builders, hull by Brown & Bell ...
Print shows a port side view of the U.S. Mail Steam Ship Baltic at sea.
The iron-clad New Ironsides in fighting trim
Photograph shows a reproduction of a book illustration of the ironclad in battle.
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Dry Dock No. 5, L...
Significance: This rectangular drydock has vertical concrete walls and a flat concrete floor formed on steel pilings. It is an example of a large WWII-era drydock built using the tremie method developed by F.R.... More
Perry's victory / T. Birch. - A drawing of a ship in a harbor
Marine view showing American fleet, under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry, engaged in battle with the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congr... More
Grandest palace drawing room steamers in the world, Drew and St. John:...
Artist: (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2694
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Dry Provisions Storehouses, Between Third...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-AA Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Supply. Warship photograph collection
Broadside view of frigate. Title inscribed below image. Outline of billowing sails on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.129) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
USS SHACKLE, ARS 9, Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A view of the City of Quebec, the capital of Canada, taken partly from...
Print shows warships on the Saint Lawrence River with the city of Québec in the background. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More
Prize brig captured at Hatteras Inlet.
Broadside view of frigate. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.93) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Confederate iron-clad Stonewall, Confederate States of America.
No. 912. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-B817-7912-B
The CARONDELET running the gauntlet at Island No. 10
Ironclad under artillery bombardment from Island No. 10 in Mississippi River, Missouri, April 6, 1862. Steel engraving by Samuel Sartain after drawing by J. Hamilton. This record contains unverified, old data f... More
Dmitri Donskoi, Russian [ship] - Public domain image of a steam ship o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mahmudiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah F...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 31. No. 425. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More
S.S. City of Berlin, [Inman Line]
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S.S. San Francisco, Sunday morning inspection
Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
H.M.S. Australia. Warship photograph collection
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021118. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
U.S.S. New York, marine guard - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
H.M.S. Australia. Warship photograph collection
"910" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021115. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
U.S.S. Indiana. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S.S. Maine, torpedo tube, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Pub...
Attribution based on negative D4-20545. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020529. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer act... More
Squadron of Evolution, 1889 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Str. Montana. Warship photograph collection
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. Kentucky. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The "Olympia" welcomed in the Hudson River, New York, U.S.A.
D4037 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
BARBAROSA. Warship photograph collection
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. Kearsarge, after turrets
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
H.M.S. Cumberland. Warship photograph collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[An American cruiser arriving in New York, probably at the time of the...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[An American cruiser arriving in New York, probably at the time of the...
H68994 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov. 23, 1905.
[A warship on its side at a quay, Port Arthur]
H63443 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.