mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Rowing Boat EightOar pattern: a study of a typical rowing eight a rowing boat team of eight men, seen from a bridge above
Poster advertising Aegean cruises around the Greek islands, including Skiathos, Delos, Skyros, Milos and Mykonos
Rowing Boat OarsRowing boat oars. Date: 1930s
Grace Darling, rowing with her fatherGrace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, seen here rowing with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838
Queens College Cambridge rowing team on the River Cam, near Searles Boathouse and Winter Boat Builders. Date: early 20th century
Training Ship Mercury and boys racing crew, River HambleThe racing crew of the training ship Mercury with the ship itself in the background. The Mercury, established in 1885 by Charles Hoare, was originally based at Binstead, Isle of Wight
Rowing in 1935A woman sits and rows a boat single-handedly on the Norfolk Broads during the 1930s
Bedroom boat-race practiceAn enthusiastic " Blue" leaves nothing to chance and recreates rowing conditions with the help of three tin baths, some wheels and a pair of oars in his bedroom
Miss Lucy Pocock, sculling championMiss Lucy Pocock, the winner of the Thamesside Water Womens sculling championship. She came from a family of boat builders and sculling champions
Boy in school uniform rowing a boat. Date: circa 1920s
National Nautical School, PortisheadBoys holding oars in a boat - possibly in the Schools swimming pool - at the National Nautical School, Portishead, near Bristol. Date: circa 1945
Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender) is helped to escape by boat from Scotland. 1746
Jolly Bathing girl on the beach at Giulianova, ItalyA jolly bathing girl standing atop a lightweight oared catamaran on the beach at Giulianova, a coastal town and commune in the province of Teramo of central Italy. Date: circa late 1930s
Randan SkiffA RANDAN SKIFF, used on the Thames. Remarkably, it has three oars, which you might think would result in one side of the boat moving faster than the other
Poster, Lugano, Switzerland. 20th century
The sacred trireme arrives at TyreArrival at Tyre of the Athenian ambassadors in the sacred trireme, Paralos. They travelled to pledge anew the loyalty of Athens to Alexander the Great. 331BC
Maidenhead 1950SA view of the silvery river Thames at Maidenhead, Berkshire, one of the best known and popular up-river resorts
Launching the LifeboatLaunching the lifeboat from a carriage into a rough sea whilst the crew climb aboard
Furnivall rowing eight on the River ThamesWomens Amateur Rowing Association - Furnivall rowing eight on the River Thames. 1907
City gent - rowing boat
Viking Ships (Liebig)A fleet of Viking ships using sail and oars
Comic postcard, Plump woman and thin man in a rowing boat Date: 20th century
Man wearing a straw coolie hat sits on a stool, Hong KongA man wearing a straw coolie hat sits on a stool on small sampan wooden boat in Hong Kong. He is barefoot, holds the oars, wears a coolies hat and has a cigarette in his hand
WW2 German Special Armed Forces Date: 1940s
Thomas Cook Dahabeah Boat Boats Oars Water Onthomas, cook, dahabeah, boat, boats, oars, water, on, the, river, nile, travel, 1898, 1890s, souvenir, of, egypt, egyptian, middle, east, mast, masts, tourism, 13944323
Men With oarsA photograph used for advertisement purposes, portraying a pair of young men smiling, as their hold their oars. Date: circa 1939
Lifeboat to the rescue in a rough sea Date: 1920
Lifesavers by Stettman. Date: circa 1908
Polish and English OarswomenMembers of the Warsaw Women's Rowing Club compete with their counterparts in the Isleworth Club and Furnivall Club at Putney. Date: 1931
Making Rowing OarsMathematical principles are brought to bear on the construction of new oars for the Oxford University rowing team. Date: circa 1925
14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Later colouration14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020
Middle Ages. Ship of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Roman trireme. Engraving. Later colourationRoman Trireme. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Viking ship, longboat, original artwork
Advert for Whitbread's Pale AleAn advert for Whitbread's Pale Ale, featuring rowers and referencing the Henley Regatta, which would have been held in the week this issue was published
The Old Savoy Palace in the time of Henry VIII, now the site of the Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1911
Night before the University Boat RaceThe night before the University Boat Race, polishing up the boat. Date: 1880
A TRIREME (three banks of oars) The larger oar at the stern is for steering ; note also the lantern, and the hooked prow for ramming an enemy vessel
A bireme from Bafius (Basius?) with a single tier of oars visible
The Capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces, 1 to 4 August 1704, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Date: 1704
The English fleet before Cadiz, Spain, 30 June 1596, prior to an attack on the harbour, followed by the storming and capture of Cadiz, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1596
The Battle of Dover (Battle of Sandwich), 24 August 1217, part of the First Barons War (1215-1217). An English fleet led by Hubert de Burgh attacked a French armada, forcing them to return to Calais
Embarcation of King George IV at GreenwichThe embarcation of King George IV on board the Royal George Yacht off Greenwich, SE London, to visit his Scottish dominions, 10 August 1822 Date: 1822
London University Womens Rowing Eight Team by the River Thames, 21 January 1956 Date: 1956
Comic postcard, Children in a rowing boat on the sea Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Sea sickness in a rowing boat Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple in a rowing boat on the sea Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Conversation in a rowing boat Date: 20th century
