Lighthouse section and foot detail
Vintage illustration of the detail of a lighthouse construction and foot, 19th…
Journey into the past: images from our collections
Roter Sand Lighthouse 1885
Construction of the Roter Sand Lighthouse in the North Sea on the Weser river estuary; Germany; built in 1885 …
Floating buoy, 19th century
Buoy floating with the waves motion, usually a signal for navigation danger
Cordouan Lighthouse France
Cordouan Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in France, built in Renaissance style…
Eddystone Lighthouse United Kingdom
Vintage illustration of the Eddystone Lighthouse during a storm, built on the…
Ship overloaded in navigation
Sailship overloaded or with the weight in-board misaligned navigates lurched with difficulty
Beacon and lighthouses vintage illustration
Typography: page representing different kind of lighthouses, beacons and lens details
Typography: navigation security chapter 19th century
Typography: navigation security chapter 19th century against the sea’s rage and wind
Sailboats with different kind of sail
Sailboats with different kind of sail and sail displacement with regard to…
Ship beam reach sailing
Ship beam reach sailing, sailing ship navigating perpendicular to the wind the…
Brigantine running with gaff sails
Brigantine with gaff rigged sails, where the sails are four-cornered and controlled…
Wind rose and compass
Navigation tools: wind rose, chinese compass and compass rose. The compass rose is used by meteorologists…
Diver testing his complete equipment in a pool
Diver with diving suit tests the air regulation and the communication equipment…
Diver testing his air equipment in a pool
Diver with diving suit tests the air regulation equipment in a pool…
Divers at work on a sunk boat 1864
Divers working to lift the steamboat ‘Ludwik’ sunk in the Constance lake,…
Hamburg Diving Bell, 19th century
Hamburg Diving Bell – the diving bell is a pressure rigid chamber…
Diving suit, 19th century illustration
Vintage illustration describing the diving gear; suit and helmet; to work comfortably…
Diving gear, 19th century
Vintage illustration describing the diving gear to work comfortably underwater
Typography: the art of diving chapter 19th century
Typographical frontispiece for a chapter about the art of diving with the…
Rescue from the coast of a ship with a rescueline
Vintage illustration of the efforts to rescue a ship at the mercy…
Rescue people from a wrecked ship
Vintage illustration describing the technique to transport with safety people from a…
Rescue from the coast of a wrecked ship
Vintage illustration of the technique and the efforts to rescue a wrecked…
Rescue boat 19th century
Vintage illustration describing a rescue boat from different detailed views
Stranded ship in a furious storm 19th century
Stranded ship at the mercy of a nasty storm, with waves battering…
Rocket launcher gun 19th century
Rocket launcher gun with line attached for rescue purpose or as weapon,…
Line launcher Cannon 19th century
Cannon equipped with special bullets lauching a line for ship rescue or…
Maritime foghorn, 19th century
Maritime foghorn used to signal navigation hazards as rocks, coastline or other…
Bremerhaven time ball 19th century
Bremerhaven time ball signaling device made of a metal ball dropped at…
Rescue boat with people rowing for life
Rescue boat at the mercy of the storm with people rowing for…
The painter and model hypnotism attempt
The painter tries to hypnotize the model, maybe attempting of abuse her
Girls in a Carnival costume attend a masquerade show
Vintage caricature: Two girls in a Carnival costume attend the masked parade…
