Shipping Industry Collection (#8)

The Mauretania, 1922, (1935). Creator: Unknown
The Mauretania, 1922, (1935). In May 1922, the liner Mauretania set a new record of 5 days 8 hours 56 minutes for the crossing from New York to Southampton

RMS Queen Mary passing Cowes, Isle of Wight, August 1936. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
RMS Queen Mary passing Cowes, Isle of Wight, August 1936. A policeman watches from the quay as the ocean liner Queen Mary passes the port of Cowes

M. V. Georgic, 1937
M.V. Georgic, 1937. From The Story of Navigation. [The Imperial Tobacco Co. (Of Great Britain & Ireland), Ltd. 1937]

RMS Majestic, White Star Line steamship, c1920s. Artist: Kingsway
RMS Majestic, White Star Line steamship, c1920s. Built in Germany as the SS Bismarck, this was the largest ship in the world when she was launched in 1914

Man on a raft, Kingston, Jamaica, 1931. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between January and March 1931

The Great Eastern, 1886. Isambard Kingdom Brunel proposed to the Eastern Steam Navigation Company the construction of a steamship five or six times the size of any then in use

Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Plate: Table XXVII(a). A popular illustrated textbook for children

Boat from the "Madras" Steamer picking up an Arab Budgerow in the Red Sea, with Capt Gough... 1857
Boat from the "Madras" Steamer picking up an Arab Budgerow in the Red Sea, with Capt. Gough and the Australian Mails, 1857....the Royal mail steamer Emeu

Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter... ore unloaders, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by means of " Hulett" ore unloaders

Pennsylvania R.R. [Railroad] ore docks, unloading iron ore from a lake... Cleveland, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Pennsylvania R.R. [Railroad] ore docks, unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of " Hulett" unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio

Pennsylvania R. R. ore docks, a "Hulett"ore unloader in operation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1943
Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, a " Hulett" ore unloader in operation, Cleveland, Ohio

Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by means... Cleveland, Ohio, 1943
Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by means of " Hulett" unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio

Pennsylvania R. R. ore docks, a "Hulett"unloader in operation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, a " Hulett" unloader in operation, Cleveland, Ohio

Unloading a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks... Cleveland, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Unloading a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks by means of Hulett unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio. In the foreground

After the ore is weighed in the "Hewlett"[i.e. "Hulett"] machine it is... Cleveland, Ohio, 1943
After the ore is weighed in the " Hewlett" [i.e. " Hulett" ] machine it is dropped in the waiting hopper cars below; Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, Cleveland, Ohio

Loading a lake freighter with coal at the Pennsylvania R.R. coal docks... Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading a lake freighter with coal at the Pennsylvania R.R. coal docks, for shipment to other Great Lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio

Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio

Loading a lake freighter with coal for shipment to other lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading a lake freighter with coal for shipment to other lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio

Loading coal into a freighter at one of the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading coal into a freighter at one of the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio

Loading a freighter with coal at one of the three coal docks owned by the... Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading a freighter with coal at one of the three coal docks owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sandusky, Ohio

Section crew at work on the track, C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. Bensenville, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Section crew at work on the track, C. M. St. P. & P. R.R. Bensenville, Ill

Cleaning an engine near the roundhouse, C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. Bensenville, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Cleaning an engine near the roundhouse, C. M. St. P. & P. R.R. Bensenville, Ill

C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R. general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill

Sorting and packing tomatoes at the Yauco Cooperative Tomato Growers Association, Puerto Rico, 1942
Sorting and packing tomatoes at the Yauco Cooperative Tomato Growers Association, Puerto Rico

Tomato crates at the Yauco cooperative tomato growers association, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Tomato crates at the Yauco cooperative tomato growers association, Puerto Rico

Operating a machine for putting tops on crates, co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Operating a machine for putting tops on crates at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Loading oranges into refrigerator car at a co-op orange packing plant, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading oranges into refrigerator car at a co-op orange packing plant

Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad] Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the round... C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill
Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

View of a classification yard at C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
View of a classification yard at C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

View in a departure yard at C & NW RRs Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
View in a departure yard at C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods... C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1942
Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods from the Chicago and Northwestern [i.e. North Western] railroad, Chicago, Ill

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Train going over the hump at C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Train going over the hump at C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad], Chicago, Ill

Tracks leading into the freight house at Proviso yard, C&NWRR, Chicago, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Tracks leading into the freight house at Proviso yard. This is said to be the largest covered freight house in the world. C&NWRR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad], Chicago, Ill

Tracks at C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Tracks at C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of the hump, Chicago and North Western railroad classification yard, Chicago, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
General view of the hump, Chicago and Northwestern [i.e. North Western] railroad classification yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad], Chicago, Ill

General view of one of the Chicago and North Western railroad classification yards, Chicago, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern [i.e. North Western] railroad classification yards, Chicago, Ill

Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading iron ore from a lake freighter... Cleveland, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by " Hulett" unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio

Growers bringing in their crop to a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Growers bringing in their crop to a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad], Chicago, Ill

View of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad freight house, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
View of a Chicago and Northwestern [i.e. North Western] railroad freight house. A long line of truck trailers are loading and unloading goods, Chicago, Ill

Yardmaster in railroad yards, Amarillo Texas, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Yardmaster in railroad yards, Amarillo Texas

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The shipping industry has a rich history that spans across continents and centuries. From the majestic S. S Etruria, sailing from New York to Liverpool in November 1890, to the Cunard Line's Ivernia off New Brighton in 1910, these vessels were not just means of transportation but symbols of human ingenuity and exploration. In Hamburg, Germany, Europe, a container ship gracefully glides along the River Elbe. This modern marvel represents the evolution of shipping technology and its vital role in global trade. Meanwhile, a glimpse into history takes us back to 1912 when passengers aboard the Titanic enjoyed a sumptuous dinner with their second-class menu. The Queen Mary stands tall at Clydebank, Glasgow in 1934 - an iconic Cunard liner that captured hearts with its grandeur and elegance. Centuries earlier in London's Lloyds Coffee House of 1798 (depicted in 1947), maritime insurance was born as merchants gathered to discuss risks associated with sea voyages. As we fast forward to 1936, we witness the magnificent Berengaria approaching Cunard pier - another testament to engineering prowess and luxury travel. However, even before these giants graced our oceans, there was Great Eastern on the stocks at Millwall on the Thames in 1857 - an ambitious project ahead of its time. Art also captures moments within this industry's narrative; John Wood Approaching Bombay by Joseph Heard showcases both beauty and adventure as ships sailed through exotic waters around c1850. And let us not forget how ports like Antwerp were bustling hubs for trade as early as1520. Lastly, we delve into artistic representations such as Steamship La Champagne from French Line's Ocean and River Steamers series (N83). These artworks immortalize vessels that connected people across vast distances while symbolizing progress during their respective eras.