Gangplank Collection (page 3)

Passengers embarking on an Irrawaddy steamer, Mada, Rangoon, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Passengers embarking on an Irrawaddy steamer, Mada, Rangoon, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Passenger ship bethed at Molde, Norway, 1929

British battleship HMS Malaya in a floating dock, Malta, c1937. HMS Malaya entered service with the Royal Navy in 1916, sustaining heavy damage at the Battle of Jutland later that year

The admiral striking his flag, HMS Warspite, 1937. HMS Warspite was a famous battleship that saw action in both World Wars

Bonn and the River Rhine, 20th century. View showing a river steamer

Canal boat, Rotterdam, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Canal boat, Rotterdam, 1898. A man wheels a barrow onto a boat laden with bricks. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

British troops disembarking in France, 7 August 1914. Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914. The first elements of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

General John Joseph Black Jack Pershing arriving in Boulogne, June 1917, (1926)
General John Joseph Black Jack Pershing arriving in Boulogne, First World War, June 1917. Pershing (1860-1948) led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe (1914-1918)

Embarkation of convicts for French Guiana, 1904. France began transporting convicts to its colony of French Guiana in 1852

Visitors to Port Doumen, Saigon, Vietnam, 1900

Harbour station, Dieppe, c1900. French postcard

Jason and the Argonauts, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Jason and the Argonauts, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

A Boat on the Nile, Egypt, 19th century. Artist: Emile Prisse D Avennes
A Boat on the Nile, Egypt, 19th century. Private Collection

Senegalese soldiers embarking on the Egyptian coast, World War I, 1915. 475, 000 troops from Frances overseas colonies served in the French army during World War I A print from Le Pays de France

Eamon De Valera declining the opportunity to attend the Ottawa Conference, 1932. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Eamon De Valera declining the opportunity to attend the Ottawa Conference, 1932. Cartoon showing De Valera (1822-1975) American-born Irish statesman

Crusaders embarking for the Holy Land, 15th century. Banners show the Papal arms, those of the Holy Roman Emperor and the kings of England, France and Sicily. From Statutes of Order of Saint Esprit

Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports, 1892. Artist: John Tenniel
Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports, 1892. In an outbreak of the water-borne disease in 1892 about 260, 000 died in Russia and 7600 in Hamburg. An epidemic was prevented in Britain

Roman relief of a ship, with amphorae being unloaded, overseen by Tally-Clerks by the quayside

Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, New York, USA
Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, Columbus and Broadway at 66th Street, New York, USA -- Visit the ship that never goes to sea, Captain Mike always on deck

Back to Blighty, boarding the leave boat, WW1. 1914-1918

View of Riddarsholm Harbour, Stockholm, Sweden
View of Riddarsholm (Riddersholm) Harbour, near Stockholm, Sweden, with a steamboat at the wharf. Date: circa 1902

Belgium - Boarding the Ferry to Dover at Ostende. Promotional postcard for the Belgium National Railway. Date: 1920

Bayonne, France - Quai de Lesseps. Date: circa 1910s

Zeebrugge, landing on the mole, 1918
" The men were magnificent" : landing on the mole from HMS Vindictive. The story of the landing on Zeebrugge Mole was vividly told in the account issued by the Admiralty

MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOAT. A steamboat landing off the Mississippi River. Oil over a photograph, 1906

U. S. Army nurses pull into port of Greenock, Scotland. circa 1944
August 15, 1944 - U.S. Army nurses, newly arrived, line the rail of their vessel as it pulls into port of Greenock, Scotland, in European Theater of Operations

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WWI: AMERICAN TROOPS. 304th Field Artillery disembarking from the U. S. S. Leviathan in Brest
WWI: AMERICAN TROOPS. 304th Field Artillery disembarking from the U.S.S. Leviathan in Brest, France, May 1918

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STEAMBOAT LANDING, 1906. A Mississippi River steamboat landing, 1906

HENRY FORD CARTOON, c1916. American cartoon, c1916, by T.E. Powers on automobile manufacturer Henry Fords futile peace mission to Europe during World War I

ST. LOUIS: FLOOD, 1858. A view of the Mississipi River waterfront in St. Louis, Missouri, during a flood, 16 June 1858

NAST: MORMON CARTOON, 1882. Pure White Mormon Immigration on the Atlantic Coast
NAST: MORMON CARTOON, 1882. Pure White " Mormon Immigration" on the Atlantic Coast. American cartoon, 1882, by Thomas Nast

ARMY TRANSPORT SHIP, 1913. The U. S. Army transport ship Meade being loaded at
ARMY TRANSPORT SHIP, 1913. The U.S. Army transport ship Meade being loaded at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on League Island at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prior to the departure of a U.S

MARINES DEPARTING, 1913. U. S. Marines embarking for Guantanamo, Cuba, on the U
MARINES DEPARTING, 1913. U.S. Marines embarking for Guantanamo, Cuba, on the U.S. Army transport ship Meade, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on League Island at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ELLIS ISLAND: IMMIGRANTS. Immigrants walking down the gangplank from a ferry boat at Ellis Island, New York City. Photographed by Lewis Hine, 1905

ELLIS ISLAND, c1900. Women and children arriving at Ellis Island with their belongings, c1900

ELLIS ISLAND, c1900. Women and children departing Ellis Island with their belongings, c1900

BelA m Tower, Lisbon
Belem Tower, in Lisbon.The most representative monument of the Manueline architectural style. It is reflected on the waters of the Tagus River

Japanese dockside scene - with young bathers
Japanese dockside scene - with moored boats and three young male bathers performing their ablutions. Date: circa 1910s

Borneo, Indonesia - dock for canoes to Pontianak
Borneo, Indonesia - dock for canoes heading to Pontianak, the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. Date: circa 1910s

Toulon, France - Rochefortais class Destroyer Rapiere
Toulon, France - Sailors playing cards sat on a small quay. The crew are from the Rochefortais class (or Pertuisane class)

Barters Island, Boothbay, ME A private boat dock next to the Porter
Barters Island, Boothbay, ME. A private boat dock next to the Porter Preserve on the Sheepscot River. Owned by Boothbay Region Land Trust

SS Mauretania
20th September 1909: Workmen on the gangplank of the Cunard liner SS Mauretania at Fishguard Docks, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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"Stepping onto the Gangplank: A Journey Through Time and Places" Embark on a voyage back to c1896, as the majestic Mississippi steamboat, The Bluff City, gracefully glides along the river with its sternwheel churning. At the other end of the Gangplank awaits Bache & Co's advert, enticing you with promises of excitement and adventure beyond imagination. Witness history unfold as Spanish refugees bid farewell to Habana in 1937, their eyes filled with hope as they step onto Southampton's Gangplank towards a new beginning. Indulge your taste buds at Mike's Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto in New York, USA – where flavors from around the world meet at the end of this tantalizing Gangplank. As Christmas approaches, imagine a man lost in thought about all the delectable food he will savor upon crossing that festive Gangplank into culinary bliss. Relive April 25th on Gallipoli's historic landing from River Clyde – an emblematic moment etched into time where heroes bravely stepped off that fateful Gangplank into battle for freedom. Travel even further back to ancient times when Roman merchant-ships were loaded with grain under Mediterranean sunsets – each sack carried across wooden planks forming an ancient version of today's modern-day gangplanks. Unveil political satire through a cartoon depicting America pondering its role within the League of Nations while standing firmly on a metaphorical gangplank between isolationism and global cooperation. Explore medieval manuscripts showcasing intricate illustrations capturing goods being loaded onto ships via vellum-drawn gangplanks - transporting us to bygone eras filled with bustling trade routes and seafaring adventures.