Berth Collection (#2)

Boat racing past islands near Alesund

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Panoramic view of Eidjord in Norway

Sailing vessel Cap Nord at Hull
Sailing vessel Cap Nord, an auxiliary five-masted schooner, seen here berthed at Albert Dock, Hull. Date: circa 1930s

The Old Port, Spakenburg - The Netherlands (De Oude Haven). Image of Dutch Barges in the Old Port of Spakenburg. The Old Port has been around just as long as Spakenburg

On the Blue Train by Helen McKie
One of the delightful sleeping berths on board the famous Blue Train which provided visitors to the Riviera with the last word in deluxe travel. Date: 1929

The Blue Train to the Riviera - carriage interior
A quiet moment with a magazine in a single-berth sleeping compartment on the famous Blue Train down to the French Riviera. 1923

Canadian Pacific to Canada and USA -- a Third Class Two-Berth Cabin. Date: circa 1930s

Canadian Pacific Third Class Four-Berth Cabin. Date: circa 1930s

Woman reading in an Electric-lighted sleeper berth on a deluxe overland limited train in America Date: circa 1910

The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - En Suite Room. Date: 1922

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, interior fitted for passenger use
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, in the fitting-out berth at Clydebank in Scotland, which was her home for two years after the launch by Queen Mary in September 1934 to 1936

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898. Soldiers standing and bathing from a wash basin on the deck of a ship en route to Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Drawing by William Glackens, 1898

RAILROAD PORTER, 1943. Pullman porter making up an upper sleeping berth aboard the Capitol Limited, passenger train bound for Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, March 1942

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Towing the " dreadnought" Hospital Ship to her Last Berth

The Death of Nelson (1758-1805) illustration from The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey
KW234256 The Death of Nelson (1758-1805) illustration from The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey (1774-1843) first published 1813 (engraving) by Westall

Constantinople - Karakoy scene - Galata Bridge
At Karakoy, where the tourist liners moor up today. View showing the end of the Galata Bridge and the Genoese Galata Tower in background. Date: circa 1910

Innovations on Great Northern Railway Interior of new sleeping car 11 April 1922

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FOX - cub giving cat a wide berth (15 weeks) Date:

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FOX - cub giving cat a wide berth (15 weeks) Date:

Worlds Largest Liner Arrives in New York Harbor
Vintage linen postcard showing the Queen Elizabeth, worlds largest luxury liner, as she moves past the New York skyline and up bay to Hudson River berth

Bowmore harbour and Lochindaal on isle of Islay, Scotland

Totem Pole at Lookout Park, Haines, Alaska

PASSENGER BERTH, 1874. A patented berth for first class steamship passengers. Wood engraving, American, 1874

PULLMAN CAR, 1877. Four scenes from a Transcontinental Railroad trip in a Pullman Hotel Car. Wood engravings from an American nespaper of 1877

PULLMAN CAR, 1877. Lending a hand and a head to an upper-berth passenger in a Pullman sleeping car. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1877

PULLMAN CAR, 1877. Making up the berths in a Pullman sleeper. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1877

PULLMAN: SLEEPING CAR, 1877. Lending a hand and a head to an upper-berth passenger in a Pullman sleeping car. Color engraving, American, 1877

PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR, 1877. Making up the berths in a Pullman sleeper. Wood engraving, American, 1877

IRISH IMMIGRANTS, 1851. Irish immigrants to America dancing below deck. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of 1850

The skipper out of a berth. Illustration shows Mark A. Hanna as an old sailor sitting on a box on the dock, smoking a pipe, and watching a ship labeled Ship of State sail out to sea

The Berth of Venus by Wilmot Lunt
A pretty young woman wearing striped pyjamas prepares to climb into a bunk bed. Date: 1927

Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey - The Moorings
At Karakoy, the tourist liners moor up today. View showing little ferry boats (some had awnings to keep the sun off the delicate passengers, so this is likely to be off-season!)

Magnetic key card
Magnetic cards are used to close and open this compartment inside the new Premium class luxury passenger train

Constantinople - Karakoy scene with ferries
At Karakoy, the tourist liners moor up today. View showing little ferry boats with awnings to keep the sun off the delicate passengers. Galata Tower in the background

Emigrants queuing for Berth Numbers on their ship, Gravesend
Engraving showing emigrant passengers being allocated berth numbers at the beginning of a voyage to Australia, 1887. In the background of the image

2nd Class Room Titanic
Colour illustration of a Second Class State Room on board the ill-fated Titanic showing a mother & child in a room with a comfortable bed and desk

Sailing Ships / Dreadnough
The old sailing ship towed to her last berth

Cunarder Cabin
A third-class two-berth room (they don t call it a cabin) on a Cunarder on the Atlantic run

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