Series I. Boxed Files
Scope and Contents
Series I. Boxed Files is comprised of material that is smaller than 9 x 14 inches and is housed in document boxes. Images are arranged by subject, with ships organized by type, then, when needed ordered alphabetically by name of person or ship. Files contain photographs, including carte-de-visites, cyanotypes, cabinet cards, prints, postcards, newspaper and magazine clipppings, reproductions of paintings and original drawings.
Subseries I.1: Sailing Vessels
Scope and Contents
Sailing Vessels contains images of civilian ships that are powered only by wind, including clipper ships, cutters, Chinese junks, packet ships, schooners, and yachts. The images are arranged alphabetically by each vessel's name. Unidentified ships are sorted by medium and located after identified ships. Images of replicas of historically significant ships can be found in this group, including photographs of the Viking ship Lief Erikson, images of the Half Moon, built for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in 1909 and photographs, including cyanotypes, of the Santa Maria, created for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
A-C, 1900-1980
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Bluenose, Adelia T. Carleton, the Bark Aloha, the pilot boat America, the yacht America, the brig Aspasia, Aurora, the Red star packet Birmingham, USS Brandywine, the clipper ship Challenge, Charlemagne, the old whaler Charles W. Morgan, the revenue cutter Chase, the City of Mobile, the Columbia, Courier, the clipper bark Grapeshot and Cutty Sark.
D-G
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Includes images of the Dauntless, David Crockett, Defender, the sloop Dewitt Clinton, Dove, Edward Sewall, Fidelia, The Flying Cloud, the schooner Frank Atwood, Galatea, General Armstrong, G.W. Rosevelt, the clipper ship Glory of the Sea, the sloop Gjoa, S.S. Golden Gate and the clipper ship M.P. Grace.
Dreadnought
Great Republic
H-M
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Havre, the packet ship Hercules, packet ship Isaac Webb, James Baines, Joseph Conrad, Joshua Bates, Flying Cloud, King Philip, Keying, La Duchesse D'Orleans, the bark Lagoda, Leif Erikson, Liberdade, Liverpool, E.R. Stirling, Barquentine Madalan, Barque Magdalene Vinnen, cutter yacht Maria, Mary Celeste, clipper barque Mermaid, Mirth, USS Monongahela and Moses Kimball.
Half Moon (Halve Maen)
Mayflower
N-R
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the clipper ship Nightingale, Niobe, Northern Light, Old Jersey, the clipper ship Oriental, Palma, Pamir, the schooner Brina P. Pendleton, Queen Mab, the clipper ship Racer, the clipper ship Rainbow, the clipper ship Red Jacket, Reliance and the clipper ship R.L. Lane.
S-Z
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the brig Samaritano, the packet ship Samuel Lawrence, Sappho, the schooner Sinaloa, Sovereign of the Seas, Stag Hound, Thingvalla, Timandra, Tusitala, Ulysses, Valkyrie III, the schooner yacht Valor, Vamarie, the passenger clipper Waimate, the red star packet William Byrnes, the clipper ship Young America and the clipper bark Zephyr.
Santa Maria
Unidentified Prints and Paintings
Unidentified Photographs
Subseries I.2: Steamships
Scope and Contents
Steamships is copmrised of steam powered vesssels as well as those powered by the combination of steam and sail. Ships include paddle steamers, mail steamers, Coast Guard cutters, freighters and ocean liners. Many Hudson River steamboats are represented in this sub series. Images show ships in harbor and at sea and include several images of fires, shipwrecks and other accidents. There are a number of photographs of steamship interiors, including the interiors of ocean liners Caledonia, Conte Di Savoia, Leviathan, Kroonland and Manhattan and steamboats Robert Fulton and Washington Irving. IMages are arranged alphabetically by ship name with unidentified ships filed at the end of the subseries.
A
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the steamer Avalon, A.B. Valentine, Acadia, Adirondack, Adriatic, S.S. Alaska, Albion, Alcoa Pathfinder, Alexander Hamilton, Alfred Thomas, Alice Dean, Alida, the steam yacht Alva, America, S.S. America, Royal Mail steamship America, American Farmer, S.S. American Merchant, S.S.Ampala, Amy Hewes, Anna, Ansonia, S.S. Antilles, Aquitania, Royal Mail steamship Arabia, Arago, U.S. Mail steam ship Arctic, S.S. Arizona, Arrow, S.S. Asbury Park, Ashland, English Mail steamship Asia, United States Mail steamship Atlantic, S.S. William C. Atwater, Augusta Victoria, S.S. Aurania and the Austin.
Albany
B
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the United States Mail steamship Baltic, White Star Line steamship Baltic, Bay State, the Coast Guard cutter Bear, Bear Mountain, Bear of Oakland, Belle, Bellemere, Benjamin B. Odell, Berkshire, Black Warrior, Bohemian, S.S. Boston City, S.S. Bremen, Bristol City and the White Star Mail steamer Britannic.
Brazil
Bristol
Ca-Ch
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Caledonia, California, Cambria, Camden, S.S. Campania, Canton, Cape May, R.M.S. Carpathia, Cetus, Champlain, S.S. Chattahoochee, Chonsu, S.S. Christopher Columbus, Charles A. Stafford, Chelsea and C.H. Northam.
RMS Caronia
Chauncey M. DePew
C. Vibbard (Chauncey Vibbard)
Ci
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the City of Albany, City of Bangor, City of Boston, City of Detroit, City of Fall River, City of Grand Rapids, City of Holland, City of Hudson, City of Kingston, City of Norwich, City of Philadelphia, City of Rockland, S.S. City of Rome, City of San Francisco and City of Springfield.
City of New York
Cl-Cz
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the steamer Cleopatra, Columbia, S.S. Columbia, S.S. Columbian, Columbus, Commonwealth, Conquest, Conte di Savoia, Continental, La Corraine, Corsicana, C.P. Smith, Cumberland, C. Vanderbilt and Cygnus.
Clermont
Connecticut
D
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Daniel Drew, Daniel Miller, Daniel Webster, Dean Richmond, Del Norte, Deutschland, S.S. Devonia, De Witt Clinton, Dolphin, Drew and Dunbar.
E
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the steamer Eastern City, Eastern States, Ecuador, Edinburgh, Eliza Mancox, Elm City, El Paraguay, Emeline, Emerald, Empire of Troy, Empire State, Empress of Ireland, Erastus Corning, U.S.Training Ship Essex, S.S. Etruria, Eudora, S.S. Europa and Express.
F
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Includes images of the Fairfield, Falmouth, S.S. Flandre, Florence, Forest City, Fort Orange, France, Francis Skiddy, Frank E. Kirby, Franklin, S.S. Friesland, Frostburg, S.S. Fulda, Fulton and S.S. Furnessia.
G
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the General Greene, General Lincoln,: Includes images of the Hampton, Harlem, S.S. Harry G. Coulby, Hartford, S.S. Harvard, Helka, Henry Clay, Henry E. Bishop, Henry W. Longfellow, Horatio Hall, Holmdel, Homer Ramsdell and Horicon. General Mosquera, General Price, General Sedgwicke, General Slocum, General Whitney, Georgia, Germanic, Golden Age, Goldenrod, Governor Dingley, Govenor Emerson C. Harrington, Grand Republic, Granite State, Great Eastern, Greater Detroit, Great Northern and Gulf Coast.
H
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Hampton, Harlem, S.S. Harry G. Coulby, Hartford, S.S. Harvard, Helka, Henry Clay, Henry E. Bishop, Henry W. Longfellow, Horatio Hall, Holmdel, Homer Ramsdell and Horicon.
Hendrick Hudson
I-J
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Idlewild, Ile de France, Imperator, I.N. Seymour, S.S. Independence, Iona, Iron Witch, Iroquois, Isabel, Island Home, Mohawk, James T. Brett, James Stevens, Jamestown, James W. Baldwin, James W. Wadsworth, J.M. White, John A. Meseck, John Brooks, John McCausland, John Romer, John Stevens, John Swasey, John Wesley, Joseph O. Osgood, J.S. Warden, J.T. Morse and the yacht Julia.
Isaac Newton
K
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Kaaterskill, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm, Kansas, S.S. Kansas City, Katahdin, Kennebec, S.S. Kensington, Knickerbocker, S.S. Kronprinzessin Cecilie, Kroonland and Kurrachee.
L
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the S.S. La Bretagne, Laconia, Lady of the Lake, L'Amerique, Larchmont, La Touraine, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lewiston, Liberte, Llandaff City, S.S. Lucania, Luckenbach Line, Lusitania and Lyman Truman.
Leviathan
Lexington
Ma
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Magenta, Magnolia, Maid-Kent, Maid of the Mist, Majestic, Maine, White Star line S.S. Majestic, S.S. Manhattan, Manitoba, Manitoulin, Marblehead, Mariposa, Mary Benton, Mary Patten, Matangas, Mauretania and the steamship Mayflower.
Mary Powell
Massachusetts
Me-Mz
Scope and Contents
Includes images of R.M.S. Media, Memphis, Merchant, Merrimack, Meteor, Metropolis,U.S. Revenue Cutter Michigan, Middletown, Milwaukie, Minnie Cornell, Mississippi, M. Martin, S.S. Mobile, Mobjack, Mohawk, Monmouth, Montana, Moosehead, Morrisania and Myles Standish.
N
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Nahant, Nantasket, Nantucket, Nasookin, Natchez, Newport, New Orleans, New World, New York, S.S. New York, Nordstjernan, Nieuw Amsterdam, S.S. Normannia, North America, North Star, Northumberland, Norwich, Nutmeg State and Nymph.
Normandie
O
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Oakes Ames, S.S. Obdam, Oceanic, R.M.S. Oceanic, Octorara, S.S. Ohio, Old Dominion, Olive Branch, S.S. Olympic, Onteora, Oregon, S.S. Oriente and S.S. Otho.
Pa-Pl
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the steamboat Paragon, S.S. Pan America, Parahyba, the steamship Paris, USS Pawnee, Pegasus, S.S. Pennsylvania, USS Pensacola, Peytona, Pheonix, Pere Marouette, S.S. Peter Stuyvesant, Pilgrim Belle, Pleasure Bay and Plymouth.
Pilgrim
Po-Pz
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Polaris, Pomona, Portland, Potomac, President, S.S. President Coolidge, Prince George, Princess Louise, Princess Mary, US Steamer Princeton, Prinzessin Victoria Luise, Priscilla and Providence.
Puritan
Q-R
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Quaker, USS Quaker City, RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS Queen Elizabeth II, Quinnebaug, Quonset, Ramona, S.S. Randwijk, Red Jacket (original drawing), S.S. Regina, Reindeer, Rembrandt, Republic, Rhode-Island, Richard Stockton, Richelieu, Rip Vanwinkle, River Queen, S.S. Roanoke, Robert A. Snyder, Robert E. Lee, Rochester, Roosevelt, Rosedale, Ross Winans, S.S. Rotterdam and Cunard steamship Russia.
Queen Mary
Robert Fulton
Sa-Sb
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the S.S. Saale, Sagamore, Saguenay, St. Croix, St. Johns, St. John, St. Lawrence, St. Louis, Sam Sloan, Sandy Hook, San Francisco, Sankaty, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, Santa Inez, Santa Clara, Santa Maria, Southward Bound, Sapphire, Saturn and Saxonia.
Santa Rosa
Savannah
Sc-Sz
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the S.S. Schiedyk, Sea Bird, Seawanhaka, Secaucus, Selma Victory, S.S. Servia, Shady Side, Shamrock, Shinnecock, Signal, Sirius, Smithfield, South American, Spartan, Stad Luzern, State of Maine, Storm King, Sunnyside, S.S. Sussex, Swallow and Sylvan Dell.
Statendam
T
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Tashmoo, Taurus Commodore, T.D. Wilcox, Telegraph, Teutonic, Thebes, Thomas Clyde, Thomas Cornell, Thomas Patten, Thomas Powell, S.S. Tillie Lykes, Trenton, Titanic, Trenton, S.S. Trinidad, Twilight, T.V. Arrowsmith,Toltec and Trojan.
Ticonderoga
U-V
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the S.S. Ulua, S.S. Umbira, Union, United Empire, S.S. United States, Vaderland, Vanderbilt, Venezuela, S.S. Veragua, Victoria, Packet-boat Vienna, Vigilant, US Mail steamer Virginia, Volendam and S.S. Vulcania.
W-Z
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Walter Brett, Walk-in-the-Water, Warwick, Washington Irving, S.S. Werra, Westerdyk, Westernland, Western World, Westport, William F. Romer, William Jenkins, W.M. Harrison, William Norris, Wyoming, Yale and Yankee.
Washington
Early Stem Vessels (incl. Robert Fulton's)
Scope and Contents
Includes images of early steamboats including those designed by James Rumsey, John Fitch and Robert Fulton.
Misc.-Multiple Ships
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Chauncey M.Depew, Chaperon, Springfield, City of Keansburg, Elizabeth Monroe Smith, Bombay, Meta and Whaleback Steamers.
Unidentified Prints
Unidentified Photographs
Steamships, A-Z and Unidentified (small format photographs)
Subseries I.3: Naval Ships & Equipment
Scope and Contents
Naval Ships & Equipment contains images of a variety of naval vessels including battleships, cruisers, destryoers, frigates, monitors, navy hospital ships, torpedo boats, and so on. United States naval ships comprise the majority of these images, but a group of foreign naval vessels can be found at the end of the subseries. The USS Maine, both before and after its destruction, and the USS Constitution are well represented. Photographs of the United States Pacific Fleet traveling through the Panama Canal in 1919 are filed under individual ship name as well as under "Numbered Destroyers." Images by photographers J.S. Johnston and the Pach Brothers (USS Brooklyn, USS New York, USS Oregon, USS Texas) are found throughout this subseries.
A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the U.S.S. Abner Reed, U.S.S. Alaska, U.S. Cruiser Albany, U.S.S. Alfred, Frigate Alliance, U.S.S. Alywin, S.S. American Farmer, U.S.S. Ammen, U.S.S. Amphitrite, U.S.S. Antares, U.S.S. Argonne, U.S.S. Arizona, U.S.S. Atlanta, U.S. Cruiser Atlanta, U.S.S. Augusta, U.S.S. Augusta, U.S.S. Bagley, U.S. Cruiser Baltimore, U.S.S. Bancroft, U.S.S. Basswood, U.S.S. Beale, U.S.S. Benevolence, U.S.S. Benham, U.S.S. Benson, U.S.S. Beukesdijk, U.S.N. Bennington, U.S.S. Birmingham, the flag ship Blackhawk, U.S.S. Bobolink, U.S.S. Boise and U.S.S. Brooks.
USS Alabama
USS Anderson
USS Arkansas
USS Boston
USS Brooklyn
C-D
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the U.S.S. California, U.S.S. Carondelet, U.S.S. Case, U.S.S. Charleston, U.S. Cruiser Charleston, U.S.S. Chester, U.S.S. Cincinnati, U.S.S. Colorado, U.S. Torpedo Boat Cushing, U.S.N Cushing, U.S.S. Davis, U.S.S. Delaware, New Destroyer Escort DE 13 (U.S.S. Brennan), U.S.S. Despatch, U.S.S. Detroit, U.S.S. Dewey, U.S.S. Dictator, U.S.S. Dixie, U.S. Dispatch Boat Dolphin, U.S.S. Drayton, U.S.S. Drexler and U.S.S. Dunlap.
USS Chicago
USS Columbia
USS Concord
USS Constellation
USS Constitution
E-G
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the U.S.S. Eagle, TS Empire State, U.S.S. Ericsson, U.S.S. Erie, U.S. Frigate Essex, U.S.S. Falcon, U.S.S. Farragut, U.S.S. Finch, U.S.S. Frolic, U.S. Steam Frigate Fulton, U.S.S. Galena, U.S.S. Gansevoort, U.S.C.G. George W. Campbell, U.S.S. Gleaves, U.S.S. Goodrich, U.S.S. Governor Moore, Grand Turk, Great Republic, U.S.S. Granite State and U.S.S. Gridley.
USS Enterprise
H-L
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the U.S. Frigate Hancock, U.S.S. Hartford, U.S.S. Hatfield, U.S.S. Hawk, U.S.S. Henderson, U.S.S. Hobby, U.S.S. Holland, U.S.S. Honolulu, U.S.S. Hornet, U.S.S. Houston, U.S. Steam Sloop of War Housatonic, U.S.S. Idaho, U.S.S. Illinois, U.S.S. Independence, U.S.S. Indianapolis, U.S.S. James K. Paulding, U.S.S. Jamestown, U.S.S. Jason, U.S.S. Kane, U.S.S. Katahdin, U.S.S. Kendrich, U.S. Battleship Kentucky, U.S. Ironclad Keokuk, U.S.S. Kittery, U.S.S. Lancaster, U.S.S. Lexington and U.S.S. Leyden.
USS Indiana
USS Iowa
USS J. William Ditter
USS Kearsage
M
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the U.S.S. Macdonough, U.S.S. Mahan, U.S.S. Mahopac, U.S.S. Maury, U.S. Destroyer McCall, U.S.S. Medusa, U.S.S. Memphis, U.S. Steam Frigate Merrimac, U.S.S. Michigan, U.S.S. Milwaukee, U.S. Steam Frigate Gibraltar, U.S.S. Missouri, U.S.S. Monitor, U.S.S. Monongahela, U.S. Cruiser Montgomery, U.S.S. Monticello, U.S.S. Morris and U.S.S. Mullany.
USS Maine
USS Massachusetts
USS Miantonoma
USS Minneapolis
USS Mississippi
N-O
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the U.S.S. Nebraska, U.S.S. Nevada, U.S.S. Newark, U.S.S. New Hampshire, U.S.S. New Jersey, U.S.S. New Orleans, U.S.S. Nicholas, U.S.S. Oahu, U.S.S. Ohio, U.S.S. Oklahoma and U.S.S. Onondaga.
USS New Ironsides
USS New Mexico
USS New York
USS North Carolina
USS Olympia
USS Oregon
P
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the C.S.S. Palmetto State, U.S.S. Palos, U.S.S. Passaic, U.S.S. Petrel, U.S.S. Phelps, U.S.S. Philadelphia, U.S. Revenue Cutter Pickering, U.S.S. Pigeon, U.S.S. Pompano, U.S. Brig Porpoise, U.S. Torpedo Boat Porter, U.S.S. Portsmouth, U.S.S. Powhatan, U.S.S Prairie, U.S.S. President and P.T. 105.
USS Pennsylvania
USS Philadelphia
Q-R
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the U.S.S. Quinnebaug, U.S.S. Rail, U.S.S. Raleigh, U.S.S. Ramsay, U.S.S. Randolph, U.S.S. Red Rover, U.S.S. Reid, U.S.S. Relief, U.S.S. Repose and U.S.S. Richmond.
USS Ranger
USS Rhode Island
S-U
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the U.S. Frigate Sabine, U.S.S. Sacramento, U.S.S. Salt Lake City, U.S.S. St. Louis, U.S.S. St. Mary, H.M.S. Shannon, U.S.N. San Francisco, U.S.S. San Marcos, U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba, U.S.S. Savannah, U.S.S. Seal, USRC Seminole, U.S.S. Sirius, U.S.S. Somers, U.S.S. Spuyten Duyvil, C.S.S. Stonewall Jackson, U.S.S. Sylph, U.S.S. Talbot, U.S.S. Tarpon, U.S.S. Teal, U.S.S. Tennessee, U.S.S. Tern, U.S. Monitor Terror, U.S.S. Trenton and U.S.S. Tuscaloosa.
USS Saratoga
USS Texas
USS United States
V-Z
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the U.S.S. Vandalia, U.S.S. Vermont, U.S.S. Villalobos, U.S.S. Vincennes, U.S.S. Vesuvius, C.S.S. Virginia, U.S. Steam Frigate Wabash, U.S.S. Warrington, U.S.S. Washington, U.S.S. West Virginia, U.S.S. Wilmington, U.S.S. Winslow, U.S.S. Wisconsin, U.S.S. Yantic, U.S.S. Yorktown and U.S.S. Yosemite.
USS Vesuvius
USS Wyoming
Numbered Destroyers
Submarines, Submarine Chasers & Rams
Scope and Contents
Includes images of the Deutschland, Bushnell's Turtle, U.S.S. Nautilus, U.S.S. Narwhal, U.S.S. Holland, U.S.S. Barracuda, U.S.S. S-50 and S-51, U.S.S. Tarpon, U.S.S. Viper, S-26, U.S.S. Argonaut, U.S.S. Bass, U.S.S. Plunger, U-58, S-29, U.S. Subchaser 39, U.S. Subchaser 49 and U.S.S. Katahdin.
Misc. Foreign Naval Ships
British Naval Ships
HMS Renown
HMS Victory
Dutch Naval Ships
French Naval Ships
German Naval Ships
Italian Naval Ships
Japanese Naval Ships
Spanish Naval Ships
Multiple Ships- Misc.
Unidentified Naval Ships
Naval & Coast Guard Aircraft
Naval Ships [possibly at the Columbian Naval Review]
Naval Vessels, A-B (American Book Company photographs)
Scope and Contents
Includes images of U.S.N. Atlanta, the Cruiser Baltimore and the Cruiser Bennington
Naval Vessels, C-F (American Book Company photographs)
Scope and Contents
Includes images of U.S.N. Chicago, U.S.N. Cincinnati, U.S.N. Cushing, Torpedo Boat Ericsson and the Battleship Florida.
Naval Vessels, I-P (American Book Company photographs)
Scope and Contents
Includes images of U.S.N. Indiana, U.S.S. Monterey and U.S.N. Petrel.
Naval Vessels, T-Y (American Book Company photographs)
Scope and Contents
Includes images of Battleship Texas U.S.N., Vesuvius U.S.N and Yorktown U.S.N.
Subseries I.4: Other Ships & Ship Details
Scope and Contents
Other Ships & Ship Details includes images of barges, motor ships, lightships, rowboats and tugboats. Photographs of the Swedish American liners MS Gripsholm and MS Kungsholm include interior views. Images on board unidentified ships include both naval and civilian ships, on deck and below. Ship plans are reproductions, several for ferryboats, including the Artic, Easton and J.M. Waterbury. Reproductions of Robert Fulton plans show various steamboat improvements. Relics contain mainly photographs, including an image of the stairs from the steamer Henry Clay, several decorative carvings removed from steamships and a clipping showing boatswain's calls. One interesting relic is a label from a crate salvaged from the wreck of the steamship Atlantic in 1873. Images of sailmaking include a photograph of a New Jersey sail and rigging loft and a clipping of a sailmaker's bench, showing the tools of the trade.
Miscellaneous Ships- Various Types
Ferries & Lighters A-I
Ferries & Lighters- City of Sacramento
Ferries & Lighters J-Z
Feries & Lighters- Warwick
Ferries & Lighters- Miscellaneous
Ferries & Lighters- New Jersey Central Railroad
Motor Ships A-Z
Motor Ships- MS Gripsholm
Motor Ships- MS Kungsholm
Rowboats & Rafts
Tugboats
Unidentified Ships- Images on Board
Plans, Ship & Miscellaneous
Misc. Plans by Robert Fulton
Billethead & Figurehead
Maritime Art
Relics
Sailmaking
Miscellaneous Ships- Albumen Prints
Subseries I.5: Views
Scope and Contents
Views is comprised of images of both United States and foreign locations. Miscellaneous views are varied, from a souvenir set of images of New York City to a group of postcards showing inventor John Ericsson's home in Langbanshyttan, Sweden.
General Views- Miscellaneous
Monuments & Memorials
Shipyards & Dry Docks
Harbor/Water Views- Foreign Misc.
Harbor/Water Views- England
Harbor/Water Views- France
Harbor/Water Views- The Netherlands
Harbor/Water Views- United States
Harbor/Water Views- New York City
Harbor/Water Views- Unidentified
Photographs of New York Harbor, taken by J.G.M. Glessner 1892
Subseries I.6: Clippings, Papers & Ephemera
Miscellaneous
Ferries
Hudson River Day Line
Naval Ships
USS Constitution
Passenger and Cargo Lines
People
Correspondence
Journals & Newsletters
Subseries I.7: Events
Scope and Contents
Naval Battles is comprised of images of varioyus wars and battles at sea. The bulk of this material surrounds battles during the War of 1812.
Events-Celebrations
Columbian Naval Review 1893
Kiel Canal Opening 1895
Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909
Launching the USS J. William Ditter 1944
Commissioning of the USS Goodrich 1945
Events- Naval Battles
Revolutionary War
Quasi War with France
Barbary Wars
War of 1812 Miscellaneous
War of 1812- Attack of Fort Oswego
War of 1812- Battle of Lake Erie
War of 1812- Chesapeake & HMS Shannon
War of 1812- USS Constitution & the Guerriere
War of 1812- USS Constitution & the Java
War of 1812- USS Enterprise & HMS Boxer
War of 1812- USS President & HMS Endymion
War of 1812- USS United States & British Frigate Macedonian
War of 1812- USS Wasp & HMS Frolic
Civil War- Miscellaneous
Civil War- Battle of Mobile Bay
Civil War- Battle at New Orleans
Civil War- USS Kearsage & CSS Alabama
USS St. Lawrence & Privateer Petrel
Spanish American War
Misc. Battles & Wars- At Sea
Misc. Battles & Wars- On Land
Privateers
Events- Miscellaneous
Expeditions
Races
Race Week, Larchmont Yacht Club 1902
Shipwrecks & Fires
Whaling
Misc. & Unidentified Events
Shipwrecks- Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
Subseries I.9: Portraits
A, general
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of Frank C. Adams, U.S.N., James M. Adams, John Adams, Captain James Alden, William Henry Allen Esq., Commander Daniel Ammen, John A. Andrew, Chester A. Arthur and Major General C.C. Augur.
Ba-Bl, general
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of Lieutenant George M. Bache, Commodore O.C. Badger, Captain Charles H. Balch, Rear Admiral G.B. Balch, U.S.N., Acting Lietuenant Charles H. Baldwin, Commander J.P. Bankhead, Josiah Barker, George Bancroff, Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker, General Francis Barlow, Lieutenant Commander George E. Belknap, George M. Bibb, Mrs. Mary A. Bickerdyke, N.H. Bidwell, Capt. A. Bielaski, Commodore Abraham Bigelow, The Hon. John Bigelow, William Bigler, Commodore Blake and Blackbeard the pirate.
Bailey, Theodorus
Bainbridge, William
Barnes, James
Barnes, John S.
Barney, Joshua
Barry, John
Biddle, A-Z
Blake, Robert
Blakely, Johnston
Bo-Bu, general
Scope and Contents
Includes images of Charles F. Boggs, General Bosquet, Nathaniel Bowditch, Lieutenant Commander D.L. Braine, Lieutenant Commander K. Randolph Breese, Horatio Bridge, Dr. H.S. Bristol, S.B. Brittan Jr., J.L. Broome, Edwin Tracy Brower, Dr. John Brown, Captain Isaac N. Brown, Rear Admiral Willard Herbert Brownson, Major General Brown, Commodore Franklin Buchanan and Captain James D. Bulloch.
Ca-Co, general
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of C.H.B. Caldwell, Rear Admiral W.B. Caperton, Silas Casey, Captin John Cassin, Lieutenant Commder Chandler, Rear Admiral Ralph Chandler, Hon. S. P. Chase, Isaac Chauncey, Honorable Joseph H. Choate, Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan,Lieutenant Commander Augustus P. Cooke, Commander James W. Cooke, Commander George H. Cooper, Commander J.J. Cornwell and William Sitgreaves Cox.
Cooper, James Fennimore
Cr-D, general
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of William Harris Crawford, Commander B.G. Crowmwell, Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby, Benjamin William Crowninshield, William E. Curtis, Lieutenant William B. Cushing, General Custer and Paymaster General Cutter.
Davies, Walter Rappelya
Decatur, Stephen
E, general
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Includes portraits of Henry Eagle, General Charles Ellett, Oliver Ellsworth, Lieutenant Commander Earl English and Captain Edward England.
Evans, Robley D.
F, general
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Includes portraits of L.E. Fagan, Commander D.M.N. Fairfax, Rear Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield, Commodore N.H. Farquhar, William Faxon, Lieutenant Commander Charles W. Flussen, Fleet Surgeon J.W. Foltz, R.B. Forbes, Commander French Forrest, Gustavus V. Fox, Charles Fox, John Franklin, James Fox and Robert Fulton.
Farragut, David Glasgow
Foote, Andrew Hull
Ga-Go, general
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Includes portraits of Major General Edmund P. Gaines, Major General J.A. Garfield, Brigadier General Ernest A. Garlington, William Gaston, General Horatio Gates, Captain H.R.H. The Duke of York, Elbridge Gerry, Commander James P. Gerry, Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, Jasper W. Gilbert, Quincy Adams Gillmore, Stephen Girard, Mordecai Gist , Captain O.S. Glisson, Edward Lawrence Godkin, Commander S.W. Godon, Parke Godwin and Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough.
Gr-Gz, general
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Includes images of General A.W. Greely, Captain J.H. Green, Lietenant Samuel Daniel Greene, Lieutenant Commander James A. Greer, General Charles Griffin, Martin I.J. Griffin, John Grimball, James Guthrie and Lieutenant Commander William Gwin.
Grant, Ulysses S.
H, general
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Includes images of Alexander Hamilton, Mrs. John Hancock, Walter Harris, Major General Harrison, William Henry Harrison, Edward Henry Harriman, Charles H. Haswell, R.B. Hayes, John Dandridge Henley, Infante Don Henrique, John Augustus, Lord Hervey, Thomas Heyward Jr., Captain George N. Hollins, Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson, General O.O. Howard, Commander J.C. Howell, Commander William L. Hudson, Colonel Humphreys, David Humphreys and Samuel A. Huntington.
Hopkins, Esek
Hull, Isaac
I-K, general
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of John Irwin, Benjamin Franklin Isherwood, Amos Kendall, J.P. Kennedy, James Kent, Hon. Sir Harry Keppel, Rufus King, Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Augustatus Kuningam.
Jones, John Paul
John Paul Jones, framed engraved portrait and hair with accompanying letter from Howard Beisel
L, general
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Includes portraits of the Marquis de Lafayette, General John Lamb, Rear Admiral Joseph Lanman, Abbott Lawrence, John Lenthall, Reverend Noah Levings, Uriah P. Levy, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston, Commodore John Collins Long, John Davis Long, Captain George Lowther, Admiral Stephen Bleecker Luce, Rev. S. Luckey and Thomas Lynch Jr.
Laurence, James
Lee, A-Z
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Includes portraits of Col. Henry Lee, Arthur Lee and General Robert E. Lee.
LeRoy, William E.
Lincoln, A-Z
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Includes portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Lincoln and Levi Lincoln.
Mc, general
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Includes portraits of Lieutenant Edward R. McCall, Lieutenant Commander Edward Yorke McCauley, General George B. McClellan, Lieutenant Roderick S. McCook, William McKinley, Commander Charles F. McIntosh, Captain Lachlan McIntosh and Captain McNeal.
M, general
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Includes portraits of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, James Madison, Captain Maffitt , Admiral Mahan, Stephen R. Mallory, Ambrose Marechal, General John H. Martindale, Commander Charles C. Marsh, Fleet Surgeon George Maulsby, Matthew Fontaine Maury, George G. Meade, Rear Admiral Richard W. Meade, E.T. Merrick, Victor H. Metcalf, Arthur Middleton, Commander John K. Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, James Monroe, Richard Montgomery, Samuel F.B. Morse, Col. Moseley, Captain James Mugford and Commander R. Madison Mullany.
Macdonough, Thomas
Morgan, A-Z
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Includes portraits of Charles W. Morgan, Brigadier Genereal Daniel Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan and William F. Morgan.
Morris, A-Z
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Includes portraits of Captain Charles Morris, Lieutenant George U. Morris, Lewis Morris and Mrs. Robert Morris.
N-O, general
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of Nicholas Emperor of Russia, Commander J.H.A. Nicholson, Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Napoleon III, Professor Charles Elliot Norton, Captain Jonathan S. Odell, John Ogilvie and James Edward Oglethorpe.
P, general
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Includes portraits of William Paca, Robert Treat Paine, Commander James S. Palmer, Commander Foxall A. Parker, Lieutenant Commander James Parker, Lieutenant Commander William Harwar Parker, Omar Pasha, Lieutenant Daniel T. Patterson, Sir Richard Pearson, D.C. Pennell, C.H. Pennington, George Hamilton Perkins, T.S. Phelps, Lieutenant Commander S. Ledyard Phelps, Rear Admiral John W. Philip, General Andrew Pickens, Zebulon M. Pike, General C.C. Pinckney, Fleet Surgeon Ninian Pinkney, William Pinkney, Pocahontas and Lieutenant Samuel W. Preston.
Paulding, A-Z
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Includes portraits of Commander Hiram Paulding, J.K. Paulding and Lieutenant Leonard Paulding.
Pierce, Franklin
Preble, Edward
Porter, A-Z
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Includes portraits of Commodore Porter, Lieutenant Benjamin H. Porter, Carlisle P. Porter, Col. Peter Porter and General Horace Porter.
Porter, David D.
Porter, David, Sr.
Porter, William D.
Q, general
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Includes portraits of Lieutenant Commander S.P. Quackenbush and Lieutenant W.W. Queen.
R, general
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Includes portraits of Commodore William Radford, Rear Admiral F.M. Ramsay, John Randolph, George Read, Commander Abner Reed, George C. Remey, Lieutenant Joseph Warren Revere, Commander A.C. Rhind, James C. Rice, Captain Charles G. Ridgely, Captain C. Ringold, Captain Bartholomew Roberts, George M. Robeson, Commander James H. Rochelle, Captain Ell B. Rockwell, Rear Admiral Roe, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Elihu Root, John Henry Rowland and Benjamin Rush.
Rodgers, A-Z
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Includes portraits of John Rodgers, Rear Admiral C.R.P. Rodgers, Commander George H. Rodgers and Commodore Rodgers.
Rowan, Stephen C.
Sa-Sh, general
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Includes portraits of Major General Arthur St. Clair, Gurdon Saltonstall, Admiral William T. Sampson, John Savage, Oscar G. Sawyer, Commodore James S. Schenck, Commander W.S. Schley, Walter K. Scofield, Major General Winfield Scott, Major General John Sedgwick, John Senthall, Col. Edwin Shaw, Philip H. Sheridan, Edwin A. Sherman, William T. Sherman, Commander James W. Shirk and Commander John T. Shubrick.
Schuyler, A-Z
Semmes, A-Z
Scope and Contents
Includes images of Lieutenant A.A. Semmes and Admiral Raphael Semmes.
Si-Sm, general
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of Charles D. Sigobee, Bejmain Silliman, Thomas Y. Simons, Commander Edward Simpson, Commander William S. Sims, Charles H. Slack and Commodore John Drake Sloat.
Smith, A-Z
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Includes portraits of Rear Admiral Joseph Smith, Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith, Commander Melancton Smith and Major General William F. Smith.
St-Sz, general
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Includes portraits of the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Commander Charles Steedman, H.K. Steever, Adolph Von Steinwehr, Rear Admiral R.N. Stembel, Baron Steuben, Commodore Charles Stewart, Yates Stirling, Commodore Robert Field Stockton, Benjamin Stoddert, General George Stoneman, Richard S. Storrs, Joseph Story, Oscar S. Straus, Rear Admiral Silas Stringham, Josiah Sturgis, Hon. Charles Sumner and Major General George Sykes.
T, general
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of William H. Taft, Captain Silas Talbot, Col. Benjamin Tallmadge, Commodore Josiah Tattnall, W.E. Taylor, Captain William Rogers Taylor, Zachary Taylor, Rev. Gilbert Tennent, Rear Admiral Henry K. Thatcher, General John Thomas, Charles Thomson, Captain James S. Thornton, Brigadier General Tilden, Daniel D. Thompkins, George E. Thrall, A.L. Tousard, Brevet Major General Nathaniel Towson, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Commander S.D. Trenchard, Captain John Trippe, Captain William Thomas Turner, Mark Twain and General Robert Ogden Tyler.
Truxtun, A-Z
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of Commodore Thomas Truxtun and Lieutenant Commander W.J. Truxtun.
Tyler, John
U-V, general
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Includes portraits of Rear Admiral Frank B. Upham, Commander John H. Upham, Andrew Ure, William Aaron Van Vleck, Charles H. Venable, Fred Vilmar and Strong Vincent.
Wa-Wh, general
Scope and Contents
Includes images of Commander Richard Wainwright, Philip S. Wales, Rear Admiral Henry Walke, Lieutenant Commander John G. Walker, Admiral Sir Provo Wallis, General Gouverneur K. Warren, Sir Peter Warren, Captain Lewis Warrington, Lieutenant William Henry Watson, Lieutenant Commander A. W. Weaver, Gideon Welles, C.J. White, Captain William Whitehead and Captain William C. Whittle.
Wi-Z, general
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of General Otho H. Williams, Reverend Miron Winslow, William Wirt, Captain H.A. Wise,General David Wooster, Major General John E. Wool, William J. Worth and Joseph S. Young.
Wilkes, Charles
WIlson, A-Z
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Includes portraits of Alexander Wilson, Lieutenant Commander Byron Wilson and James Wilson.
Winslow, John A.
Wood, A-Z
Scope and Contents
Lieutenant John Taylor Wood, William Maxwell Wood and Chief Engineer William W.W. Wood.
Worden, John L.
Unidentified - Individuals
Group Portraits- Miscellaneous
Group Portraits- Officers & Sailors
Group Portraits- Officers & Crew of the TSS City of New York
Group Portraits- unidentified, aboard ships
Naval Life
Subseries I.10: Negatives
Miscellaneous
Subseries I.8: Model Ships
Model Sailing Vessels- A-H
Model Sailing Vessels- Dove of Maryland
Model Sailing Vessels I-Z
Model Sailing Vessels- Multiple Models
Model Sailing Vessels- Unidentified
Model Sailing Vessels- Details
Model Steamships A-Z
Model Steamships- Mary Powell
Subseries I.11: Albums
John Paul Jones Scrapbook
Sailing Vessels- 8 plates from unidentified book
Scope and Contents
The following eight plates from unidentified book:
Harpoon, August 8, 1892
Alga, July 10, 1880
Sayonara, September 8, 1891
Gossoon, August 19, 1809
Gorilla, July 13, 1893
Verena, October 3, 1892
Rosalind, August 18, 1886
Eureka, September 18, 1891
Sailing Vessels- 20 plates from unidentified book
Scope and Contents
The following twenty plates from an unidentified book: Plate IV- Galatea
Plate V- Puritan
Plate Vi- Genesta
Plate VII- Priscilla
Plate VIII- Atlantic
Plate IX- Gracie
Plate X- Bedouin
Plate XVII- Cinderella
Plate XIX- Titania
Plate XXXIV- Gevalia
Plate XXXV- Sachem
Plate XXXVI- Iroquois
Plate XXXVII- Ambassadress
Plate XXXVIII- Em ELL EYE/Tartar
Plate XXXIX- Mabel/Flora Lee
Plate XL- Aline
Plate XLI- Wendur
Plate XLII- Irex
Plate XLIII- May
Plate XLVIII- Atlanta
Sailing Vessels Album- 6 albumen prints
Scope and Contents
The following six albumen prints: Frolic
Unidentified
Unidentified
Queen Mab
Miranda
Unidentified
Sailing Vessels Album
Scope and Contents
The following twelve pages of photographs: Valkyrie
Britannia/unidentified
Calluna/unidentified
Alisa
Caress, May 17, 1893
Vigilant, 1893/Dakotah
Wenonah/Ailsa
Valkyrie & Defender/ Defender
Valkyrie & Defender, first race/ Valkyrie
Vigilant & Britannia/ Vigilant reaching for Cowes, August 4
Unidentified
Valkyrie