Night scene of harbor with lighted piers. At the end of one side of the harbor is a lighted building (the casino). Other buildings are visible near the water. There are ships and smaller boats at the docks and in the water. A mountain is visible...
Ferries; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
It appears the photographer labeled two of these three images "B.J. Ferry" and the other "J.B.", but no other information is available. They may have been sister ships built around the same time, or they may actually be the same...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Barges with cargo docked at the Portland Canal, on the left side of the canal, by two railroads and an embankment, Louisville, Kentucky. The bottom left of the photo is signed "SIMES." Stamped on the back of the image is "Simes...
View of Brooklyn Bridge at an angle from the left. The shore and skyline are in the background. Boats and ships are in the water around the bridge. In the foreground is a depot with train engine cars attached to a freight car. Title: 4977. Brooklyn...
Water flowing under a bridge with two boats in the background in front of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge or Second Street Bridge, formerly the Municipal Bridge. The ships are the Henry Watterson and a steamer from Cincinnati and...
Embellished photo of a crane and shipping way at the Portland Canal in Louisville, Kentucky. A bridge is shown, with a ship in the water behind the bridge. Decorative border around the image. The Louisville and Portland Canal bypassed the Falls of...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Portland Canal's Dam 41 in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Falls of the Ohio, where many fossilized organisms can be seen. The river curves right; beyond, it narrows and curves left. Two bridges are shown. Caption on back of image: "View looking...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Dry dock at Dam 41, Portland Canal and Locks, Louisville, Kentucky. To the left are telephone lines and in the water at the right is a barge with a crane. Beyond, the canal curves to the right. Caption on back of image: "Transfer back mix and...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Barges at lower part of Portland Canal Locks, Dam 41, Louisville, Kentucky. Bridge in the distance. Bottom right of the photo is marked "Lock--Louisville." Caption on back of image: "Lower part of locks -- Dam 41, Louisville Ky....
Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
People on the riverbank watch the DEMOPOLIS (Way T0593) float in the Ohio River shortly after she was launched from Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. One of her sister ships, CORDOVA (Way T0510) is also under...
Curved portion of an elevated railroad with a train approaching the curve on the outside set of tracks. Ships are visible in the water in the background. Title: Elevated Railroad, Coenties Slip, New York, U.S.A. Text on bottom: Copyright, 1893, by...
Ship in the water with other ships and a city skyline behind it. Waving from the ship are multiple flags, including a United States flag and a Title: 13. A Holiday in New York - Excursion Steamers going up the Harbor. Copyright statement: ...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. The images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: boy wading into water; young man seated outdoors, with sailboat on...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: scene of Belgium, with man watching woman making lace before backdrop of cathedral and thatched-roof cottage; scene of Ireland, with man watching woman carry pail on her head across...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left (all images signed "Hartwell" unless otherwise noted): man seated with folded arms in caged chariot, besieged by men on horseback; armies on horseback; men with turbans at base...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left (all images signed "Hartwell" unless otherwise noted): "Abyssinia" [now Ethiopia/Eritrea], with three people, stringed instrument, and spear and shield; procession...
Sierra Leone; Imperialism; Discovery & exploration; Men; Women; Animals; Central African Republic; Africa, Central; Big game hunting; Royalty; Lutes; Stringed instruments; Servants; Africa, West; Ships
Woodblock prints, all signed "Hartwell," from left to right starting at top left: Scene of Sierra-Leone, with black man pointing lion out to two white men holding guns; group of black men, overseen by white man in safari garb, rowing boat...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: men with plumed hats holding swords and men with helmets holding spears looking over valley at distant mountain range, from which smoke signals emanate; man sitting outdoors with books...
