Gangplank Collection

Krasnoyarsk The steamboat "Falcon" off the shore of the monastery, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Krasnoyarsk The steamboat "Falcon" off the shore of the monastery, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Noah's Ark, leaf from Book of Hours, c1465-1470. Creator: Unknown
Noah's Ark, leaf from Book of Hours, c1465-1470. The animals boarding the ark two-by-two

L'Arrivee du General Pershing; Le general debarque a Boulogne du transport, 1917. Creator: Jean Clair-Guyot
L'Arrivee du General Pershing; Le general debarque a Boulogne du transport , 1917. First World War: the arrival of General Pershing (in France)

Overschie in the Moonlight, 1871. Creator: Johan Barthold Jongkind
Overschie in the Moonlight, 1871

Labourers pulling a heavy cart on Jacob van Lennepkade, Amsterdam, 1900. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner
Labourers pulling a heavy cart on Jacob van Lennepkade, Amsterdam, 1900

Last pilot going aboard Str. New York, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Last pilot going aboard Str. New York, between 1900 and 1905

A Mississippi landing, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
A Mississippi landing, between 1900 and 1906

The Levee, Vicksburg, Miss. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
The Levee, Vicksburg, Miss. between 1900 and 1920

Allied Commission To U.S. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Allied Commission To U.S. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Commission To U.S. 1917. French General Joseph Joffre boards the Mayflower for a visit to home of George Washington by the British & French War Commissions for World War I

Allied Commission To U.S. Boarding Mayflower For Trip To Mount Vernon: Daniels on board... 1917
Allied Commission To U.S. Boarding Mayflower For Trip To Mount Vernon: Daniels On Board Receiving The Commission, 1917. Dignitaries of the British & French War Commissions for World War I visit

US Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker boarding Mayflower with Allied Commission, 1917 Creator: Harris & Ewing
US Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker boarding Mayflower with Allied Commission, 1917. Visit to home of George Washington by the British & French War Commissions for World War I

Veterans line fishing, near the Solferino bridge, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Veterans line fishing, near the Solferino bridge, 1887

The Seine, at Quai de la Rapee, 1884. Creator: Unknown
The Seine, at Quai de la Rapee, 1884

Maj. Gen. George Barnett, Commandant, U.S.M.C. with Mrs. Barnett Boarding Mayflower, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Maj. Gen. George Barnett, Commandant, United States Marine Corps with Mrs. Barnett Boarding Mayflower, 1917. Barnett with his wife Lelia Montague Gordon on visit to Mount Vernon

The 48th French Regiment of the Line embarking on board "The St. Vincent" English ship... 1854
The 48th French Regiment of the Line embarking on board "The St. Vincent" English ship, at Calais, 1854. Northern France

The Seine, at Pont de Grenelle, 15th and 16th arrondissements, between 1863 and 1905. Creator: Gaston Prunier
The Seine, at Pont de Grenelle, 15th and 16th arrondissements, between 1863 and 1905

View of Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series "One... 1857
View of Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1857

West India Dock, 1895. Creator: Thomas Robert Way
West India Dock, 1895

The Historic Landing from the River Clyde at Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, April 25th
The Historic Landing from the " River Clyde" at Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, April 25th, 1915, 1916. Sedd el Bahr was the site of V Beach, the landing zone for SS River Clyde

Roman Merchant-ship being loaded with grain, from a wall painting in Ostia, 2nd-3rd century. Note the rudder. Vatican Museums

Anthony Leading Cleopatra on board, 1748-1750. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Anthony Leading Cleopatra on board, 1748-1750

Arival of the Empress Dowager Frederick of Germany at Port Victoria, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Arival of the Empress Dowager Frederick of Germany at Port Victoria, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no kihan), No. 5 from the series "Eight Views
Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no kihan), No. 5 from the series " Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)", c. 1730s

The Steerage, 1907, printed 1915. Creator: Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage, 1907, printed 1915. A work made of photogravure

Unloading Coal, 1880 / 89. Creator: Henry Hamilton Bennett
Unloading Coal, 1880/89. Albumen print, stereo, no. 934 from the series " Milwaukee and Vicinity"

The Steerage, 1907, printed 1920 / 39. Creator: Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage, 1907, printed 1920/39. A work made of gelatin silver print

The Steerage, 1907, printed in or before 1913. Creator: Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage, 1907, printed in or before 1913. A work made of photogravure

Harbor Scene with Rising Sun, 1634. Creator: Claude Lorrain
Harbor Scene with Rising Sun, 1634

U. S. Transport Wauhatchie, 1861-65. Creator: Unknown
U.S. Transport " Wauhatchie", 1861-65. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

The Harbor of Copenhagen, Metropolis of Denmark, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
The Harbor of Copenhagen, Metropolis of Denmark, c1930s. Danish port on the Baltic Sea. From " Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa. New York, Chicago, London]

In the Ypres Salient: British troops leaving their billets... First World War, 1917, (c1920)
In the Ypres Salient: British troops leaving their billets in a badly shelled village, First World War, 1917, (c1920). Soldiers walking on wooden duckboards over floodwaters on the Western Front

Large Iron Ore Boat Coming into Sabin Locks. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Large Iron Ore Boat Coming into Sabin Locks. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. c1930s. Canal locks on the St Marys River in Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan. From " Tour of the World"

A Scene at a French port, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Robert Weston
A Scene at a French port, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Wounded British soldiers are stretchered onto ships from Red Cross ambulances, and taken back to England for treatment

Women on a boat, 1801, (1924). Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Women on a boat, 1801, (1924). From the " Ehon Shiki-No-Hana" (Picture-book of the Flowers of the Four Seasons), by Kitagawa Utamaro, [1801]

On the Ocklawaha River, Florida, c1897. Creator: Unknown
On the Ocklawaha River, Florida, c1897. The river was used extensively in the 19th century and early 20th century for steamboat transportation

Hanoi. Bords Du Fleuve Rouge, (Hanoi. On the Banks of the Red River), 1900. Creator: Unknown
Hanoi. Bords Du Fleuve Rouge, (Hanoi. On the Banks of the Red River), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule VIII". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900]

Two sailors, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Two sailors, 1952. Illustration for " The Sailors Return" by David Garnett - Neptune in a seashell chariot pulled by sea horses

Home Again - The Duke and Duchess landing at Portsmouth June 27, 1927, 1937. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Home Fleet Visit - King Edward boards submarine Narwhal, 1936 (1937). From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Fitting-Out Basin of John Brown and Companys shipbuilding yard at Clydebank, 1937
In the Fitting-Out Basin of John Brown and Companys shipbuilding yard at Clydebank, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

Clydeside Cheers, 1937
Clydeside Cheers, 1936 (1937). Edward VII visiting Clydeside, March 1936. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London, c1930. The dock was built between 1850 and 1855 on an area of Plaistow Marshes

Unloading a barrel from a ship down a gangway, London, c1905

Bananas 2. - Loading a Steamship, Costa Rica, 1928. From Players Cigarettes - Products of the World: A Series of 50 [John Player & Sons, London, 1928]

Army behind the Fleets, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Army behind the Fleets, 1941. Men crowd the gangplanks as they leave the dockyard after a hard day working on the military ships. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton

The Fire-Breathing Bulls, 1880. Artist: Picart
The Fire-Breathing Bulls, 1880. The Khalkotauroi are mythical creatures that appear in the Greek myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece. Mythology[edit]

The Landing of William the Conqueror, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe
The Landing of William the Conqueror, c1884. William the Conqueror, 11th century Duke of Normandy and King of England. William (1027-1087)

King Alfred Inciting The Anglo Saxons, (1878). Artist: Herbert Bourne
King Alfred Inciting The Anglo Saxons, (1878). After George Frederic Watts (1817?1904). From Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History, by Thomas Archer

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