Steamboat Collection (#6)

Transfer steamer Detroit, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Transfer steamer Detroit, between 1900 and 1905

Transfer steamer Detroit, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Transfer steamer Detroit, between 1900 and 1905

Transfer steamer Detroit, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Transfer steamer Detroit, between 1900 and 1905

Transfer steamer Detroit, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Transfer steamer Detroit, between 1900 and 1905

The Running Down of Lord Alfred Paget's Yacht "Alma" off Dover, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Running Down of Lord Alfred Paget's Yacht "Alma" off Dover, 1856. Collision at sea. Lord Alfred Paget describes the loss of his yacht

Reception of Colonel Lake and Captain Thompson, at Hull, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Reception of Colonel Lake and Captain Thompson, at Hull, 1856. Event to welcome the return of...two of the heroic defenders of the city of Kars [Crimean War]

The Boat-landing, Lake Chautauqua, New York, c1898. Creator: Unknown
The Boat-landing, Lake Chautauqua, New York, c1898

Fleet of N.Y.Y.C. [New York Yacht Club], Glencove [sic], 1897 Aug 2. Creator: Johns Johnston
Fleet of N.Y.Y.C. [New York Yacht Club], Glencove [sic], 1897 Aug 2

Coal wharves, Portsmouth, N.H. c1907. Creator: Unknown
Coal wharves, Portsmouth, N.H. c1907

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Excursionists on the Floating-Bridge at Portsmouth, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Excursionists on the Floating-Bridge at Portsmouth, 1856. Sightseers flock to see a display of Royal Navy ships off the Hampshire coast

The Fire at the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Millbank, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Fire at the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Millbank, 1856. The moment the plugs of the Lambeth, Vauxhall, and Southwark Companies mains were drawn

Chateau Frontenac from the River, Quebec, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Chateau Frontenac from the River, Quebec, between 1890 and 1901

Steamer Toronto at Gananoque, Thousand Islands, (1901?). Creator: Unknown
Steamer Toronto at Gananoque, Thousand Islands, (1901?)

Steamer Toronto, Alexandria Bay, Thousand Islands, (1901?). Creator: Unknown
Steamer Toronto, Alexandria Bay, Thousand Islands, (1901?)

Murray Hill Hotel, Thousand Islands, (1901?). Creator: Unknown
Murray Hill Hotel, Thousand Islands, (1901?)

The Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, (1900?). Creator: Unknown
The Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, (1900?)

Horshoe [i.e. Horseshoe] Falls, Niagara, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Horshoe [i.e. Horseshoe] Falls, Niagara, c1900

Launch of Three Iron Screw Steam-Vessels, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Launch of Three Iron Screw Steam-Vessels, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1856. Ships launched...from the building-yard of Messrs. C. Mitchell and Co...The first vessel launched was a screw steam-yacht for Mr

Steamer New York, 1000 Islands, between 1887 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Steamer New York, 1000 Islands, between 1887 and 1901

Peerless at Mackinac Island, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Peerless at Mackinac Island, between 1900 and 1906

The Chippewa, at Lewiston, Niagara River, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
The Chippewa, at Lewiston, Niagara River, between 1900 and 1906

U.S.S. Despatch, 1889. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Despatch, 1889

The [Upper] Steel Arch Bridge, Niagara, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
The [Upper] Steel Arch Bridge, Niagara, between 1900 and 1906

Under the bridge, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Under the bridge, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920

Str. Eastern States, Detroit, Mich. between 1902 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Str. Eastern States, Detroit, Mich. between 1902 and 1910

Harbor entrance and lights, Buffalo, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Harbor entrance and lights, Buffalo, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. "Juniata" on steamboat

Moonlight from Old Fort William Henry, Lake George, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Moonlight from Old Fort William Henry, Lake George, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. "Sagamore" on steamboat

Fort William Henry Hotel, the old pine and the steamer landing, Lake George, N.Y. c1910-1920. Creator: Unknown
Fort William Henry Hotel, the old pine and the steamer landing, Lake George, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920

Steamer landing, Hotel Champlain, Bluff Point, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Steamer landing, Hotel Champlain, Bluff Point, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. "Ticonderoga" on steamboat in background

Str. Eastern States, between 1901 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Str. Eastern States, between 1901 and 1910

Str. Montana, between 1900 and 1914. Creator: Unknown
Str. Montana, between 1900 and 1914

C. & B. Line freight docks, Buffalo, N.Y. between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown. C. & B
C. & B. Line freight docks, Buffalo, N.Y. between 1900 and 1906

Str. Pleasure at ferry dock, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Str. Pleasure at ferry dock, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1906

Horseshoe Fall, from Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls, New York, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Horseshoe Fall, from Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls, New York, ca 1900

Str. Clearwater entering Third Lake, Fulton Chain, Adirondack Mountains, c1903. Creator: Unknown
Str. Clearwater entering Third Lake, Fulton Chain, Adirondack Mountains, c1903

Sunset across the Ohio, Cincinnati, O[hio], between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Sunset across the Ohio, Cincinnati, O[hio], between 1900 and 1920

High Water at New Orleans, La. Levee, March 23, 1903, c1903. Creator: Unknown
High Water at New Orleans, La. Levee, March 23, 1903, c1903

Model of a Side-Wheeler, 1935/1942. Creator: William Pollman
Model of a Side-Wheeler, 1935/1942

Victoires sur le Front Oriental; A Belgrade: un bateau autrichien capture, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Victoires sur le Front Oriental; A Belgrade: un bateau autrichien capture, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Le "Deutschland"; le submersible allemand "Deutschland" dans la baie de Chesapeake, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Paddle wheel steamboat on river, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Paddle wheel steamboat on river, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

A ferry crossing a smooth body of water with other ships in the background, c1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
A ferry crossing a smooth body of water with other ships in the background, c1900

The Graphic Stanley Number; Emin Pasha on board the steamer Khedive crossing the Albert Nyanza t Creator: Unknown
The Graphic Stanley Number; Emin Pasha on board the steamer Khedive crossing the Albert Nyanza to join Mr. Stanley, 1888, 1890. From "The Graphic

Auswanderer-Dampfer, 1893. Creator: Fritz Stoltenberg
Auswanderer-Dampfer, 1893

Palais Bourbon and the Pont Louis-XVI (Pont de la Concorde), 1826. Creator: Giuseppe Canella
Palais Bourbon and the Pont Louis-XVI (Pont de la Concorde), 1826

Alter Dampfer (Old Steamboat), 1922. Creator: Paul Klee
Alter Dampfer (Old Steamboat), 1922

The Bay State Steam-Boat, 1854 Creator: Unknown
The Bay State Steam-Boat, 1854 From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854"

French Baltic Fleet going through the Great Belt, 1854. Creator: Unknown
French Baltic Fleet going through the Great Belt, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

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