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Port Collection

Background imagePort Collection: The Fishing Port of Killybegs, County Donegal

The Fishing Port of Killybegs, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

Background imagePort Collection: Porthmadog, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, North Wales

Porthmadog, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, North Wales - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imagePort Collection: Advert / Sandeman Port

Advert / Sandeman Port
Sandeman Port - the famous silhouette

Background imagePort Collection: Her Majestys Australian Ship (HMAS) Melbourne (21)

Her Majestys Australian Ship (HMAS) Melbourne (21) shown with its complement of Douglas A-4G Skyhawks of 805 Squadron RAN ranged for entering port

Background imagePort Collection: Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland

Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland Date: 1904

Background imagePort Collection: Nelson outlining his battle plans for Trafalgar, 1805

Nelson outlining his battle plans for Trafalgar, 1805
This picture illustrates the famous incident when Nelson, visiting Lord Sidmouth five weeks before Trafalgar, dipped a finger in the port and sketched his plan for the expected battle

Background imagePort Collection: Firefighters on a tea break after fire St Katherines Dock

Firefighters on a tea break after fire St Katherines Dock
London firefighters (with cork helmets) and Auxiliary Fire Service firefighters (with tin hats and AFS badges on their tunics)

Background imagePort Collection: The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy

The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy
The Royal Navys field gun competition is a contest between teams from various Royal Navy commands, in which teams of sailors compete to transport a field gun and its equipment over

Background imagePort Collection: HAITI. Port-au-Prince. Haitian market scene

HAITI. Port-au-Prince. Haitian market scene. Naive art. Fresco

Background imagePort Collection: Islay Ferry

Islay Ferry
Port Askaig, a small village on the Sound, Isle of Islay Argyllshire, Scotland. Here terminates the ferry which crosses the Sound to Feolin on Jura. The Paps of Jura beyond

Background imagePort Collection: Preston Docks, Lancashire

Preston Docks, Lancashire
A wonderful photograph showing the Bardic Ferry unloading British Road Services trucks while docked at the quayside in Preston, Lancashire. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imagePort Collection: Southampton Docks - Great Ocean Liners

Southampton Docks - Great Ocean Liners
Aerial View of Southampton Docks - Great Ocean Liners awaiting departure on the Trans-Atlantic route. The ships include RMS Olympic. Date: circa 1930

Background imagePort Collection: Lancaster Bombers ready to take off, 1942

Lancaster Bombers ready to take off, 1942
Photograph of an Avro Lancaster heavy bomber at a British airfield, ready to take off, somewhere in England, 1942. Although the engines are already running

Background imagePort Collection: Mauritius / Port Louis

Mauritius / Port Louis
View of PORT LOUIS from the sea Date: 1865

Background imagePort Collection: Gorey Harbour, and Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

Gorey Harbour, and Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

Background imagePort Collection: Tourist map of Bergen, Norway

Tourist map of Bergen, Norway
Tourist map (TKT - Turisttrafikkomiteen) of Bergen, Hordaland County, Norway. Date: 1951

Background imagePort Collection: East Looe, Cornwall

East Looe, Cornwall. circa 1970s

Background imagePort Collection: The Gate of Calais. Etching by William Hogarth (1697-1764)

The Gate of Calais. Etching by William Hogarth (1697-1764)
William Hogarth (1697-1764). British artist, engraver, illustrator and satirical painter. The Gate of Calais. Etching by Hogarth. Engraving. The Iberian Illustration, 1888. Colored

Background imagePort Collection: Port Sunlight - a workers utopia

Port Sunlight - a workers utopia
Page from The Illustrated London News with photographs reporting on the model factory village of Port Sunlight on the Wirral, near Birkenhead

Background imagePort Collection: Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali
This photograph of Salvador Dali (1904-1989)was taken at his home at Port Lligat, at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees, where the surrealist artist spent three months of the year

Background imagePort Collection: Clubland White Port advertisement

Clubland White Port advertisement
Advertisement for Clubland White, the finest old port procurable...to be found among the members of Londons celebrated West End Clubs

Background imagePort Collection: View of the Steen with the port, Antwerp, Belgium

View of the Steen with the port, Antwerp, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imagePort Collection: ENGLAND / WIVENHOE

ENGLAND / WIVENHOE
The old yacht-building port of Wivenhoe, Essex, England, as seen from across the ferry. Date: 1950s

Background imagePort Collection: Port Muck, and Muck Island Islandmagee, Co. Antrim

Port Muck, and Muck Island Islandmagee, Co. Antrim - a view looking down on the harbour and beached boats and thatched buildings

Background imagePort Collection: The harbour at Wick, Scotland

The harbour at Wick, Scotland
The harbour at Wick, north Scotland. c. 1930s

Background imagePort Collection: WW2 Poster -- Back Them Up

WW2 Poster -- Back Them Up
Back Them Up! Colour photolithograph printed by Fosh and Cross Ltd, published by HMSO. Showing a British Commando raid on a German-held port in Norway. Date: 1940

Background imagePort Collection: The carnival in the port of Spain, Trinidad

The carnival in the port of Spain, Trinidad, 1888. People cavort in fancy dress through the street, some playing banjos, others brandishing what looks like bladders on sticks

Background imagePort Collection: Amlwch Port - a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales

Amlwch Port - a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales - the ferry from the mainland is taking on passengers for the return journey. Date: circa 1935

Background imagePort Collection: Swing Bridge, River Neath, Neath, Port Talbot, South Wales

Swing Bridge, River Neath, Neath, Port Talbot, South Wales
View of the Swing Bridge over the River Neath, at Neath, Port Talbot, South Wales, a railway bridge, opened in 1892, which carried the former Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway near Skewen

Background imagePort Collection: Liebig Samoa Apia

Liebig Samoa Apia
Apia is the capital and principal port of Western Samoa

Background imagePort Collection: Malta - Valletta - a traditional Dghajsa boat

Malta - Valletta - a traditional Dghajsa boat. Date: circa 1908

Background imagePort Collection: St. Georges, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly

St. Georges, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly
St. George s, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePort Collection: Herm, Channel Islands, Blacksmiths Cottage, La Rosiere Steps

Herm, Channel Islands, Blacksmiths Cottage, La Rosiere Steps
Blacksmiths Cottage and La Rosiere Steps at Herm (Haerme) - one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePort Collection: Men standing around an Ariel motorcycle

Men standing around an Ariel motorcycle
Men in street gathered around a 1934 Ariel Red Hunter motorcycle in the 1930s

Background imagePort Collection: Norway. Horten. 19th century

Norway. Horten. 19th century. View of the city with the port and arsenal of the state with the Spanish frigate Blanca entering in the drydock

Background imagePort Collection: The RMS Aquitania (Cunard Line) in the Port of Liverpool

The RMS Aquitania (Cunard Line) in the Port of Liverpool. Date: 1930

Background imagePort Collection: The Cunard Liner RMS Scythia

The Cunard Liner RMS Scythia - became a troop and supply ship during WW2. Date: 1922

Background imagePort Collection: Quayside at Castletownbere, Co. Cork, Ireland

Quayside at Castletownbere, Co. Cork, Ireland
The Quayside at Castletownbere - a small town in County Cork in Ireland. Located on the southwest coast of Ireland, in West Cork, by Berehaven harbour near the entrance to Bantry Bay

Background imagePort Collection: WW2 poster, Back Them Up

WW2 poster, Back Them Up! Showing a British commando raid on a German-held port in Norway. Date: 1940s

Background imagePort Collection: Baku, Azerbaijan - Harbour and Maiden Tower

Baku, Azerbaijan - Harbour and Maiden Tower (Kis-Kali). Built by the 12th century architect Masud ibn Davud, who was probably the father of the architect of Mardakan Round Tower

Background imagePort Collection: Dalis Decor

Dalis Decor
A stuffed goat is a decorative feature in the bedroom of the surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989). Elsewhere in his house at Port Lligat, a stuffed bear served as a hallstand. Date: 06/08/1958

Background imagePort Collection: Liverpool birds eye view, 1886

Liverpool birds eye view, 1886
A magnificent birds eye view of Liverpool from the Mersey in 1886, showing the then-new public buildings, at the time of Queen Victorias visit to the Liverpool Exhibition

Background imagePort Collection: Grand Harbour - Valletta, Malta

Grand Harbour - Valletta, Malta Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePort Collection: Aegina, Greece - The port

Aegina, Greece - The port
Aegina, Greece - The harbour/port/quayside Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePort Collection: Cunard poster

Cunard poster
Poster for Cunard shipping line and their service to the USA and Canada featuring the magnificent Aquitania being pulled into port by tug boats

Background imagePort Collection: Wouldn t you like to just sail away? Theres a fabulous Union-Castle / Safmarine mailship

Wouldn t you like to just sail away? Theres a fabulous Union-Castle / Safmarine mailship
Wouldn t you like to just sail away? Theres a fabulous Union-Castle/Safmarine mailship leaving a South African port every week. Date: circa 1970s

Background imagePort Collection: Sydney, Australia - Map of Sydney and Port Jackson

Sydney, Australia - Map of Sydney and Port Jackson
Slide showing a map of Sydney and Port Jackson, with the areas of the city labelled.. Boswell Collection. Slide number 5. Sydney is the most populous city in Australia

Background imagePort Collection: Chemulpo, Korea

Chemulpo, Korea, main port for the capital, Seoul. Date: circa 1890



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