tugboats

Charles W. Morgan (built 1841; ship, 3m; whaler) at New Bedford, MA, u...

Unidentified tugboat in foreground. Written on back of print: "The end of the voyage. Whaling bark C.W. Morgan, docking after 3 years voyage."

[Stern paddle-wheel steam tugboat towing British warship]

Illus. in: A description and draught of a new-invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour,.... [London : Reprinted for J. Sheepshanks, 1855 from 1737 edition]. Published in: The ... More

Indian Head, Md. - Public domain drawing

Ships and sailboats on the Potomac. Title devised. Inscribed within image, from left to right: Tug boat Murrey; Jacob Riels of U.S.; Indian Head, Md.; Yankee; Rugrun [?]; Satelite; Imoluch [?]; Seminole; Freest... More

Monarch (built 1875; tugboat) launch, 1875 Jul 24

Millen Griffith is standing next to stack. Alice Griffith (daughter) is standing in white near pilot house (almost directly below Millen). Other vessels in view are not identified. Vessel under construction at ... More

Governor Irwin (built 1878; tugboat) and, apparently, her crew, undate...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Governor Irwin (built 1878; tugboat) under way in San Francisco Bay, C...

Print enclosure describes the view as the GOV. IRWIN handling a freighter. Negative enclosure describes the view as an unidentified Liberty ship behind the GOV. IRWIN. G - Al Graves 10/7/51.

U.S. transport Leviathan largest ship afloat

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century - Picryl description.

Wesley A. Gove - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Tugboat with barge carrying cannon]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a navy artillery gun, cannon, ship weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wesley A. Gove - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04930. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Heading(s) in 610 field(s) unverified.

Hercules (built 1907; tugboat). At sea, circa 1910

Off port bow of HERCULES towing W.J. PIERRIE (built 1883; schooner, 5m). For more information see master information file.

Equator (tugboat) and Alitak (tugboat) towing the Star of Alaska (buil...

Also available as P79-080. Tugs, Equator and Alitack, Towing Ship, Star of Alaska, Into Chignik Bay, Alaska.

View from shore of the T wharf of the Arctic Oil Works, San Francisco,...

View includes an unidentified steam whaler alongside (maybe either the NARWHAL or the BELUGA). The other hulk of the ORIZABA (built 1854; paddle steamer) is at the left. Other vessels identified are the POINT A... More

[Harbor in city]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

"La Touraine" Cie. Gle. Transatlantique (French Line)

Postcard shows three tugboats bringing oceanliner into harbor. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 038, c47

[Steamer, Tug, Gladiator and Tow]

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamer, Tug, Gladiator and Tow

Photo shows an unidentified schooner with the tug Gladiator. (Source: Charles Seavey, 2015) Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032348. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Oakland Estuary, CA, undated - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

View includes the E.K. Taylor Mill and Lumber Co. (left) with the JIM BUTLER (built 1906; steam schooner) and unidentified tugboats tied up there. Charlie Moebus' ark in the center on the shore. SIMLA (built 18... More

Mt. Adams from Covington, Ky. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alert (built 1885; tugboat), port bow breast view, on San Francisco Ba...

Photo taken at 10 a.m. L&P - Gilbert Kneiss 1/20/58.

D/S Athlète (b.1890, Canada Works Ltd., Birkenhead)

Fra Gjersøesamlingen. Public domain photograph of shipyard, port, ship dock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jim Wilder No. 2 (built 1911; tugboat). San Francisco, CA, possibly 1...

JIM WILDER No. 2 towing passenger vessel DEL NORTE. A classic view.

Mt. Adams from Covington, Ky - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

View of Cincinnati from the other side of the Ohio River. "G 4295" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070071. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Flottbek (built 1891; ship, 3m) seen under towed from stern of tugboa...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Brooklyn Bridge, New York, U.S.A

44351 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1892, by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas; El Paso, Tex.

City of New York (built 1875; steamer), aground at Pt. Bonita, San Fra...

Also in view from left to right, NEWSBOY (built 1888; steam schooner) and WIZARD (tugboat) alongside. For more info. see scr 1f; 201.

Mission St. Wharves No. 1 & 2, San Francisco, CA, undated

View includes FOUR SISTERS (built 1895; power scow schooner), VOLUNTEER (riverboat) and J.B. STETSON (built 1905; steam schooner), VALLETTA (steamer) and HENRY C. PETERSON (built 1919; tugboat). Source: "C- Kor... More

C.A. Thayer (built 1895; schooner, 3m) in tow of Rudolf N. (built 1912...

L & C Mrs. Peter Nelson 2/3/58. Schooner C.A. Thayer going to Alaska towed by Rudolf N. Note the heavy load.

Moonlight, Hudson River. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Car...

71591Bp2s-1 U.S. Copyright Office Copyrighted 1896 by Alfred. S. Campbell, Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.A. No. 463.

Grant Tomb dedication / J.S. Johnston, view & marine photo, N.Y.

View of Grant's tomb, Claremont Heights, New York City, in background, and Dolphny, U.S.N. ship, and tugboats in foreground. 27755a U.S. Copyright Office.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Attribution to Hart based on negative D428-807. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0805. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Attribution to Hart based on negative D428-807. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Iowa" [battleship at left] on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0806. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Second title on negative: Reception of North Atlantic squadron on their return from [Santiago?], Aug. 20, 1898. "Hart" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0807. Gift; ... More

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Feeding sea gulls /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

From Edison films catalog: A fine view of San Francisco Bay, from an Oakland ferryboat. Tug towing a scow passes by. Sea gulls sail through the air and dive into the seething wake of the boat. 40 feet. $6.00. A... More

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Attribution to Hart based on negative D428-807. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0803. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Part of the excursion fleet - Public domain image of a steam ship or b...

Public domain photograph of a ship harbor, sailing boats, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Part of the excursion fleet - Public domain image of steamship

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05498. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The restless Hudson River, New York, U.S.A

12013 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas.

Oriental (ship, 3m), handled by Rescue (tugboat). In the Oakland Estua...

Per note on the envelope, the Hay & Wright Yard is in the background and to the left is the old California Yacht Club.

[Guns bound for the testing grounds, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Freighter passing State Street bridge, Chicago, Ill.]

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boats at anchor, buildings and piers, possibly Portland, Maine

Title devised by cataloger. "Billiken" on sailboat at left; "Startle" on tugboat. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 031540. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Harbor entrance & lights, Buffalo, N.Y.]

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tug receiving mail and pilots for New York

"21" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 040320. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[A Tow entering St. Clair Ship Canal]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Towing in freighter Peter White, Cleveland, Ohio

Title from jacket. "No. 64 G.F.C." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500395. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of the city, skyscraper buildings, cityscape, downtown, urban environment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An Albany tow coming down North River

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bark 'Valentine' (b.1864) av Kragerø, under slep i Ostende, Belgia

Bark 'Valentine' (b.1864) av Kragerø, under slep i Ostende, Belgia

A tow entering St. Clair Ship Canal

Photo shows the schooner Biwabik (built 1894) being towed. (Source: C. Seavey, 2019) Title from jacket. "Harvey D. Goulder" on tugboat. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033200. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A river tow of the seventies - Engraving, Public domain image

Photograph of a print marked "S.A. Whipple, artist, Detroit." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022774. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Busy day in the canal, Charlevoix, Mich

"01000 B /POOL" (?) on negative, "P.P. Geiken" on towboat. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29398. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012294. Gift; State Historical So... More

Pere Marquette 18 passing State Street bridge, Chicago, Ill.

Title from jacket. Possibly by Hans Behm. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034721. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New York's water-front at the Battery

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "555" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013899. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Str. City of Ottawa entering Cuyahoga Creek, Cleveland, Ohio

Title from jacket. "No. 72 G.F.C." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500397. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Str. City of Ottawa entering Cuyahoga Creek, Cleveland, Ohio]

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tug receiving mail and pilots for New York

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington (built 1906; steam schooner) crew posing informally on boar...

Additional information included inside the negative enclosure: "Career of the Washington Recalled[CR]The photo [different from the cataloged photo] reproduced above shows the little steam schooner, WASHINGTON, ... More

Shipping at East River docks, New York

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "559" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013907. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tug receiving mail and pilots for New York

"20" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 040321. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of ship docs, shipyard, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: On the Spit, ...

A Tow entering St. Clair Ship Canal

Title from jacket. "Home Rule, Hackett Line" on tugboat; "Massachusetts" on cargo ship. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033201. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Landing stage, Liverpool, England. England in 19th century.

Two tugboats(?) and ship in harbor; people on dock in foreground.

Cargo ship and tug in canal, probably Sault Sainte Marie Canal

Title devised by cataloger. "C.D. Thompson" on tugboat. "1545" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033291. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A river tow of the seventies - Engraving, Public domain image

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of ship docs, shipyard, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An Albany tow coming down North River

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "565" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013908. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of a steamship, steamer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tug receiving mail and pilots for New York

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Dickie - Steam Tug Terawhiti.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New Zealand postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Harbor entrance & lights, Buffalo, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "Cornell" on tugboat; "William H. Cratwick" on ship. "G 8733" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500218. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General De Negrier (built 1901; bark, 3m), loading grain at the Oaklan...

View includes ISLAND PRINCESS (tugboat). Source: "Dickie neg. (duplicate)." For more information, see Info. File. This image is reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History... More

Solano (built 1901; schooner, 4m), pierside at San Francisco, CA, unda...

View also includes SEA PRINCE (built 1901; tugboat) and John Rosenfeld & Sons Coal Depot. SOLANO was built in Benicia by Matthew Turner.

Coal barges in tow on the Delaware River / Louis Husson.

Public domain image of ferry ship, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Isbryteren Tjalve (b. 1892, Nylands Verksted, Christiania)

Isbryteren Tjalve (b. 1892, Nylands Verksted, Christiania)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of ship docs, shipyard, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Progresso (freighter) on fire at Fulton Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal...

Shows Ft. Point Lifesaving Station crew in foreground. Bow of DEFIANCE (built 1889; tugboat) at right. X source: Ernest Wichels collection; P source: Gift - Charles Loring, 5 /1971.

Steamer Steel King, Ontario, Canada

Title from jacket. Probably entering St. Clair Ship Canal. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033202. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain image of a passenger ship, ocean liner, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Distant view of New East River Bridge, New York City, N.Y

H28774 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1903 by Whiting Bros. On mount: Twentieth Century Series. No. 422.

[Rear view of tugboats approaching a wharf, possibly in Cleveland, Ohi...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Str. William Castle Rhodes - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"21" and "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09184. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

S.S. Majestic, outward bound farewells

"G 1053" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021789. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Str. Ramapo, Union Steamboat Line

"19" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021807. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Up bound boats entering St. Clair ship canal

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Up bound boats entering St. Clair ship canal

"5" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021808. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Str. Ramapo, [Union Steamboat Line]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

W.B. Morley being towed into St. Clair ship canal

"7" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021809. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

W.B. Morley being towed into St. Clair ship canal

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of a steamship, steamer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.