Berth Collection

Brunels SS Great Eastern, Milford Haven, South Wales
Brunels iron sailing steamship, the SS Great Eastern, berthed at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, during the 1870s. The ship is so large that it runs the length of Hamilton Terrace

Luggage label, Zeppelin to South America
Luggage label, Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (Airline) for the LZ 129 Hindenburg flight to South America. The passenger is a Mrs Sinclair, destination Rio de Janeiro, berth number 32. 1936

German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1
A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy. The Australian 31st Battalion effected its capture, but

Cork Harbour with M. V. Innisfallen at Berth
Cork Harbour with M.V. Innisfallen at Berth

Cunard berth at docks, New York, USA

The Cunard Line Berth, New York, early 1900s

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, main staircase
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, main staircase. Date: 1912

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, dining room
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, view inside a dining room. Date: 1912

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, booklet cover
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, Largest Steamers in the World, publicity booklet cover design by Sam M Brown, 32 pages approx. 4.75 x 7 inches, bound with red ribbon. Date: 1912

White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Henry James Beauchamp, rare Titanic lettercard written on board and posted with original one penny stamp

TOMB OF NICHOLAS BACON
Similar in concept to a two- berth railway sleeping car, this monument saves space by housing Nicholas Bacon above, Edmund Bacon and his wife beneath. Date: 1579

Comic postcard, Pretty woman on board ship Date: 20th century

Captain Newcome is shaved roughly on the Equator in
Captain Newcome is shaved roughly before being dunked in a tub of bilge water on the Equator. A sailor dressed as Neptune holds a trident and sits on a throne on a gun carriage

Regency gentleman falling over a gate while two women watch. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by John Augustus Atkinson from Illustrations of the Miseries of Human Life, William Miller, London, 1807

Ceiling paintings from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua, Italy, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Berth after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras

Wall paintings from the Notarial Archive, Archivio Notarile, Mantua, Italy, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Berth after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art

Wall paintings from Museo Biscari, Catania, and cornice from Syracuse Museum, Italy, 17th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Berth after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All

Wall paintings from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua, Italy, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph by H. Asmus after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras

Wall paintings from the Basilica of Sant Andrea in Mantua, Italy, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Konter after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras

Wall paintings from the Ducal Palace, Mantua, Italy, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Berth after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras

Bargeman, Gloucester docks
A male bargee leans on the wooden tiller of a canal narrow boat berthed in Gloucester Docks Date: 1990

Sailing vessel Cap Nord at Hull
Sailing vessel Cap Nord, an auxiliary five-masted schooner, seen here berthed at Albert Dock, Hull. Date: circa 1930s

The Old Port, Spakenburg - The Netherlands (De Oude Haven). Image of Dutch Barges in the Old Port of Spakenburg. The Old Port has been around just as long as Spakenburg

On the Blue Train by Helen McKie
One of the delightful sleeping berths on board the famous Blue Train which provided visitors to the Riviera with the last word in deluxe travel. Date: 1929

The Blue Train to the Riviera - carriage interior
A quiet moment with a magazine in a single-berth sleeping compartment on the famous Blue Train down to the French Riviera. 1923

Canadian Pacific to Canada and USA -- a Third Class Two-Berth Cabin. Date: circa 1930s

Canadian Pacific Third Class Four-Berth Cabin. Date: circa 1930s

Woman reading in an Electric-lighted sleeper berth on a deluxe overland limited train in America Date: circa 1910

The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - En Suite Room. Date: 1922

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, interior fitted for passenger use
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, in the fitting-out berth at Clydebank in Scotland, which was her home for two years after the launch by Queen Mary in September 1934 to 1936

Constantinople - Karakoy scene - Galata Bridge
At Karakoy, where the tourist liners moor up today. View showing the end of the Galata Bridge and the Genoese Galata Tower in background. Date: circa 1910

The skipper out of a berth. Illustration shows Mark A. Hanna as an old sailor sitting on a box on the dock, smoking a pipe, and watching a ship labeled Ship of State sail out to sea

The Berth of Venus by Wilmot Lunt
A pretty young woman wearing striped pyjamas prepares to climb into a bunk bed. Date: 1927

Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey - The Moorings
At Karakoy, the tourist liners moor up today. View showing little ferry boats (some had awnings to keep the sun off the delicate passengers, so this is likely to be off-season!)

Constantinople - Karakoy scene with ferries
At Karakoy, the tourist liners moor up today. View showing little ferry boats with awnings to keep the sun off the delicate passengers. Galata Tower in the background

Emigrants queuing for Berth Numbers on their ship, Gravesend
Engraving showing emigrant passengers being allocated berth numbers at the beginning of a voyage to Australia, 1887. In the background of the image

The Funeral of Hans Christian Petersen, British Arctic Exped
Engraving showing the funeral of Hans Christian Petersen, the Danish interpreter, during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

2nd Class Room Titanic
Colour illustration of a Second Class State Room on board the ill-fated Titanic showing a mother & child in a room with a comfortable bed and desk

Sailing Ships / Dreadnough
The old sailing ship towed to her last berth

Cunarder Cabin
A third-class two-berth room (they don t call it a cabin) on a Cunarder on the Atlantic run

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