Quayside Collection

Barrels of molasses, West India Docks, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Langfier Photo
Barrels of molasses, West India Docks, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Brewers Quay, Chester Quay and Galley Quay, Lower Thames Street, City of London, 1846. The scene includes the unloading of foreign provisions from vessels on the River Thames using winching

Moonlight over the Port of Boulogne, 1869. Artist: Edouard Manet
Moonlight over the Port of Boulogne, 1869. Located in the collection at Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Seaport at sunset, 1639. Artist: Claude Lorrain
Seaport at sunset, 1639

Port of Antwerp in 1520. At this time, Antwerp was one of the main financial and trading centres of Western Europe. After a drawing by Albrecht Durer

Carmarthen Quay, c1896. Artist: Hudson
Carmarthen Quay, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Watching warships 10/28/11, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Watching warships 10/28/11, 1911.

Transfer of 8" shells, League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Transfer of 8" shells, League Isl'd., 1913. Shows armored cruiser USS Brooklyn (CA-3) at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Loading MEADE - League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading MEADE - League Isl'd., 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade and American marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Marines boarding MEADE, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines boarding MEADE, 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade with American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Marines board MEADE, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines board MEADE, 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade with American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Loading MEADE, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading MEADE, 1914. Shows U.S. Army transport ship the U.S.S. Meade.

USS Snapper & USS Stingray, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
USS Snapper & USS Stingray, between c1910 and c1915.

Naval boat-race in Cork Harbour, 1865. Creator: Smyth
Naval boat-race in Cork Harbour, [Ireland], 1865. 'Some days ago an exciting match was rowed at Queenstown, Cork Harbour, by the crews, respectively

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. On the return of the '...French Minister of Marine

The Great Eastern Railway Terminus and Hotel at Harwich, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Great Eastern Railway Terminus and Hotel at Harwich, 1865. 'The town and port of Harwich...is now becoming one of the most important stations of our commerce with Holland, Germany

The Prince and Princess of Wales landing at Penzance, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Prince and Princess of Wales landing at Penzance, [Cornwall]. 1865. The Prince and Princess [future King Edward VII and queen Alexandra], having reached the top of the stairs

The arrival of Garibaldi at Southampton on board the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The arrival of Garibaldi at Southampton on board the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon, 1864. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the popular hero of Italian Unification

Marines depart, 28 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines depart, 28 Jun 1917 (date created or published later). Photographers documenting U.S. Marines boarding a transport ship at a U.S. port during World War I

Loading supplies for our army in France, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading supplies for our army in France, between 1917 and c1920. A ship next to a dock, on which buckets, rope, crates and other supplies are being prepared for transport to France during World War I

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne at Gottenborg - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

The Prince and Princess of Wales embarking at Dundee for Denmark on Saturday last, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Prince and Princess of Wales embarking at Dundee for Denmark on Saturday last, 1864....the Prince and Princess of Wales, with their infant son, Prince Albert Victor

Torbay Regatta: the schooner-yachts starting from Torquay, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Torbay Regatta: the schooner-yachts starting from Torquay, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. G. Whitaker. The course was three times round the bay

Irkutsk Pontoon bridge over the Angara River, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk Pontoon bridge over the Angara River, 1904-1914. National Library of Russia

In the Vladivostok port, 1929. Creator: Unknown
In the Vladivostok port, 1929. In the early part of the Stalin era, the Kremlin established a new administrative territory in the Soviet Far East--the Jewish Autonomous Region--to serve as a Jewish

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

Head Of Harbour, Balaklava, Printed 1856. Creator: Roger Fenton
Head Of Harbour, Balaklava, Printed 1856

The Börsen, Copenhagen, 1858. Creator: M. Jackson
The Borsen, Copenhagen, 1858. 17th-century building in the capital of Denmark. The Danish capital is a quaint, motherly old town, without any show; and looks as if it had not altered for years

Filling the Napoleon Dock, Cherbourg, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Filling the Napoleon Dock, Cherbourg, 1858. Inauguration and...opening of the Great Basin, or Napoleon Dock, of the military port...in the presence of the Emperor

Great Fire at Bristol, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Great Fire at Bristol, 1876. The fire was prevented from spreading to the more extensive portion of Messrs. Gardiner and Thomas's premises by the men forming a bank of bags of rice

Low Water. Creator: Frits Thaulow
Low Water, Unknown date

The Departure of the Ship, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: William Blair Bruce
The Departure of the Ship, late 19th-early 20th century

The Prince of Wales at Montreal - Pavilion on the Quay - the Prince landing, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales at Montreal - Pavilion on the Quay - the Prince landing, 1860. The future King Edward VII visits North America

Mount Aventino; Rome and United Italy, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Mount Aventino; Rome and United Italy, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

On the Quay. Creator: William Blair Bruce
On the Quay, Unknown date

Les Premiers Contingents Americains en France; Au fur et a mesure de la mise a terre, les... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Premiers Contingents Americains en France; Au fur et a mesure de la mise a terre, les bataillons s'alignent pour attendre le depart, 1917

Les Premiers Contingents Americains en France; Prisonniers allemands regardant l'arrivee, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Premiers Contingents Americains en France; Prisonniers allemands regardant l'arrivee, 1917. First World War: the first American contingents in France; German prisoners (of war)

Les Evenements de Grece; Apres avoir quitte la terre grecque, le 14 juin, a bord du yacht... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Evenements de Grece; Apres avoir quitte la terre grecque, le 14 juin, a bord du yacht royal , Constantin et sa familie debarquent, le 17, dans le port italien de Villa San Giovanni

Les Evenements de Grece; Les generaux Monterou, Regnault, commandant les troupes... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Evenements de Grece; Les generaux Monterou, Regnault, commandant les troupes de debarquement, et l'amiral de Gueydon, sur le quai du Piree, 1917

Les Evenements de Grece; Le 12 juin 1917, a 17 heures: la cavalerie et le materiel debarques...1917 Creator: Unknown
Les Evenements de Grece; Le 12 juin 1917, a 17 heures: la cavalerie et le materiel debarques sur le quai militaire au Piree, 1917

View of Canal Grande in Venice, 1860. Creator: Gustav Wilhelm Palm
View of Canal Grande in Venice, 1860

Taking the Wounded on Board in France, (c1920). Artist: David Muirhead Bone
Taking the Wounded on Board in France, (c1920). Scene from the First World War. Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918

View of the city of Paris seen from the Quai de Miramion, 1749. Creator: Nathaniel Parr
View of the city of Paris seen from the Quai de Miramion, 1749. A View of Paris, from the church of Nostre Dame to the Pont de la Tournelle, taken from the Quai de Miramion'

View of the Custom House on the River Thames in London, 1753. Creator: Thomas Bowles
View of the Custom House on the River Thames in London, 1753. A View of the Custom House, with part of The Tower [of London], taken from ye river Thames

St. Louis, Senegal, viewed from the north; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
St. Louis, Senegal, viewed from the north; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

View of the Ponte delle Guglie over the Canale di Cannaregio in Venice, 1750. Creator: Thomas Bowles
View of the Ponte delle Guglie over the Canale di Cannaregio in Venice, 1750. A View of the Bridge on the Canal Reggio; and the Church of St. Jeremiah to the Great Canal at Venice'

View of the Town Hall and the River Seine in Paris, 1749. Creator: Paul Angier
View of the Town Hall and the River Seine in Paris, 1749. A View of the Town House, or Guild Hall of Paris, wherein are seen at a Distance Pont Mary [Marie], & the Wooden Bridge Called Pont rouge

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