Cargo Collection (#3)

An English Merchantman of around 1620. From The Romance of the Merchant Ship, published 1931
3058543 An English Merchantman of around 1620. From The Romance of the Merchant Ship, published 1931.; Photo © Hilary Morgan

A wine boat used to carry cases of wine, 1850
3330808 A wine boat used to carry cases of wine, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a wine boat used to carry cases of wine. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Smugglers
5616270 Smugglers; (add.info.: Illustration depicting smugglers hiding their cargo. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1845); Universal History Archive/UIG

Smugglers
5616266 Smugglers; (add.info.: Illustration depicting smugglers unloading their cargo. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1845); Universal History Archive/UIG

Engraving depicting a steam crane being used to move cargo off boats, 19th century
5308946 Engraving depicting a steam crane being used to move cargo off boats, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a steam crane being used to move cargo off boats)

Curve
Herbert Rong

Woodcut showing a view of a fortified city, with a small sailing vessel drawing up to a jetty to discharge its cargo
5311175 Woodcut showing a view of a fortified city, with a small sailing vessel drawing up to a jetty to discharge its cargo

A 19th century Chinese Junk ship
5307452 A 19th century Chinese Junk ship.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Chinese Junk ship, which were used as seagoing vessels as early as the 2nd century AD)

The ship Glad Tidings, 1850
3331149 The ship Glad Tidings, 1850; (add.info.: Portrait of the ship Glad Tidings one of the first ships to bring a cargo to Liverpool after the re-opening of the American cotton trade)

The American sailing ship City of Mobile, 1850
3331145 The American sailing ship City of Mobile, 1850; (add.info.: Portrait of the American sailing ship City of Mobile arriving in East India Docks with a cargo of wheat)

A ship carrying a battle or siege tower, 1850
3330691 A ship carrying a battle or siege tower, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a ship carrying a battle or siege tower. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Hepworth's Cigar ship and the SS Connector, 1850
3330666 Hepworth's Cigar ship and the SS Connector, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of Hepworth's Cigar ship and the SS Connector. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cotton from India: a cotton convoy - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton from India: a cotton convoy proceeding from Rewah towards the Ganges - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862....a small convoy of solid wooden-wheeled carts, pad bullocks

Unloading coal
Mostafijur Rahman Nasim

Storm
Dmitry Nesvetaylov

Journey for Eid vacation
Azim Khan Ronnie

Unload watermelons from the big boat
Azim Khan Ronnie

The way is shut
Tomer Yaffe

Unlimited Transportation
Goran Jovic

Aerial view of Hurtigruten ship during a daily trip from Alesund to Geirangerfjord, More og Romsdal county, Norway

Morants curve with cargo train passing, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Tagonoura, near Fuji, 1897. Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Tagonoura, near Fuji, 1897. From Sketches of Famous Places in Japan

The Suicide of Two Foreign Clerks, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Suicide of Two Foreign Clerks, 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 647

Returning Sails at Yabase, between circa 1855 and circa 1858. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Returning Sails at Yabase, between circa 1855 and circa 1858. From Eight Views of Omi

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

No. 43, Port of Kuwana: The Shichiri Ferry, Published in 1855. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
No. 43, Port of Kuwana: The Shichiri Ferry, Published in 1855. From Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tokaido

View of the Stock Exchange, Rotterdam; taken from the Gaapers Bridge, 1752. Creator: Anon
View of the Stock Exchange, Rotterdam; taken from the Gaapers Bridge, 1752. A View of the Exchange South and North. On the right the Gapersbrug over the Blaak

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

Steamboat on the Volga; A Journey on the Volga, 1875. Creator: Nicholas Rowe
Steamboat on the Volga; A Journey on the Volga, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

View of the built-up Pont Saint-Michel over the Seine River in Paris, 1700-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the built-up Pont Saint-Michel over the Seine River in Paris, 1700-1799. Boats carrying goods

View of the built-up Pont Saint-Michel over the Seine River in Paris, 1700-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the built-up Pont Saint-Michel over the Seine River in Paris, 1700-1799. Boats carrying goods

View of the built-up Pont Notre-Dame over the Seine River in Paris, 1700-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the built-up Pont Notre-Dame over the Seine River in Paris, 1700-1799. Boats carrying goods

Barge with skipper, 1832-1880. Creator: Jan Weissenbruch
Barge with skipper, 1832-1880

View of the Town Hall and the harbor in Marseille, 1745-1775. Creator: Anon
View of the Town Hall and the harbour in Marseille, 1745-1775. Ships and boats at the quayside, groups of figures with goods on the waterfront

View of the Stock Exchange in Rotterdam, 1745-1775. Creator: Jean-Francois Daumont
View of the Stock Exchange in Rotterdam, 1745-1775. Vue d'optique representant la Bourse de Roterdam. On the left the Gapersbrug over the Blaak

View of the new bridge and Paalhuis on the IJ in Amsterdam, 1700-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the new bridge and Paalhuis on the IJ in Amsterdam, 1700-1799

View of the Town Hall and the harbor in Marseille, 1700-1799. Creator: Remondini family
View of the Town Hall and the harbour in Marseille, 1700-1799. Ships and boats at the quayside, groups of figures with goods on the waterfront. Attributed to the Remondini family

View of the city of Paris seen from the Quai de Miramion, 1749-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the city of Paris seen from the Quai de Miramion, 1749-1799. From the Church of Nostre Dame to the Pont de la Tournelle, taken from the Quai de Miramion

View of the city of Paris seen from the Quai de Miramion, 1700-1799. Creators: Anon, Jacques Rigaud
View of the city of Paris seen from the Quai de Miramion, 1700-1799. In the middle the Pont Rouge over the river Seine and on the left the cathedral of Notre-Dame

View of the town hall and the Seine River in Paris, 1700-1799. Creators: Anon, Jacques Rigaud
View of the town hall and the Seine River in Paris, 1700-1799. In the background on the right the Pont Marie and the Pont Rouge over the Seine River

Landscape with loaded barge near a castle, 1776. Creator: Jan van Lockhorst
Landscape with loaded barge near a castle, 1776

Cadillac Motor Car Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Cadillac Motor Car Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Hulett machine unloading ore, Pennsylvania [Railroad] dock, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908. Creator: Unknown
Hulett machine unloading ore, Pennsylvania [Railroad] dock, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908

Hulett machine unloading ore, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908. Creator: Unknown
Hulett machine unloading ore, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908

Unloading bananas, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Unloading bananas, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910

Loss of the Schooner "Archus", loaded with Silver-Lead Ore, on the Coast of Greenland, 1856....she put into the harbour of Kajarlik, a small opening in an island of Arksuk [Arsuk] Fiord

Unloading ore at Conneaut, Ohio, Brown conveying hoists, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Unloading ore at Conneaut, Ohio, Brown conveying hoists, ca 1900

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