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Life Boat Collection

Background imageLife Boat Collection: Sinking of the Titanic

Sinking of the Titanic
Titanics stern in the air as the ship sinks in the North Atlantic, 1912. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration from eyewitness reports

Background imageLife Boat Collection: Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay, 1863

Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay, 1863
Rebel attack on Union gunboats at Galveston, Texas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLife Boat Collection: Battleship Maine, 1898

Battleship Maine, 1898
US battleship Maine, just before sailing to Cuba, 1898. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photoograph

Background imageLife Boat Collection: USS Arizona collision with an iceberg, 1880

USS Arizona collision with an iceberg, 1880
Ice wedged in the bow of the USS Arizona after a collision, circa 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLife Boat Collection: Passengers placed in lifeboats from a sinking ship

Passengers placed in lifeboats from a sinking ship
Sailor handing a child into a lifeboat during a storm at sea, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLife Boat Collection: EVCW2A-00113

EVCW2A-00113
Sinking of the ironclad USS Monitor in a gale off North Carolina, 1862, crew making for the USS Rhode Island. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageLife Boat Collection: EXPL2A-00292

EXPL2A-00292
Destruction of John Smiths ship by the Spanish, ending his New England venture. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLife Boat Collection: Ship Alarm wrecked off the Irish coast, 1866

Ship Alarm wrecked off the Irish coast, 1866
Lifeboat rescuing passengers from the ship " Alarm" off Belfast, Ireland, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLife Boat Collection: Rescue of a Spanish crew by American sailors, Battle of Santiago

Rescue of a Spanish crew by American sailors, Battle of Santiago
Sailors of the Spanish warship " Oquendo" rescued by the USS " Gloucester" crew off Santiago, Cuba, 1898. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLife Boat Collection: Arctic rescue ship disaster off Siberia, 1882

Arctic rescue ship disaster off Siberia, 1882
Burning of the US Navy ship " Rodgers" in Arctic waters, hunting for the DeLong expedition after disappearance of the " Jeannette, " 1882

Background imageLife Boat Collection: EVCW2A-00138

EVCW2A-00138
Escape of some of the crew of the USS " Congress" after attack by the Confederate ironclad " Merrimac." Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration


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