Boater Collection

Two Girls in Field of Daisies
(Original Caption) 1896- Two young girls in a field of daisies. BPA2# 4341

Betheda Fountain In Central Park
(Original Caption) New York City: Betheda Fountain in Central Park. Undated Photo

Franklin D. Roosevelt Sailing with Family
Franklin D. Roosevelt charters the Applejack II schooner for a vacation with his family

Ships in Boston Harbor by Robert Salmon
Boston Harbor: Long and Central Wharves

Engraving of Man Riding Early Lawnmower by E. Poyet
(Original Caption) Lawn Mower invented by McCormick. 1890's engraving

Sharing Last Drinks Before Prohibition
Four men in straw boater hats enjoy a last drink together before Prohibition begins in 1919

FDR Campaigning for New York State Senate
Franklin Delano Roosevelt stands on a podium and addresses his supporters as he runs for New York Senate in 1910

Harry K. Thaw, ca. 1905. In 1906 Thaw shot and killed world-famous architect Stanford White in the roof theater at Madison Square Garden

Eleanor Roosevelt in a Venetian Gondola
Eleanor Roosevelt relaxes with a newspaper during a ride in a gondola in Venice, Italy on the last day of her honeymoon. Her husband, Franklin D

FDR Campaigning for New York State Senate
Franklin Delano Roosevelt stands on a podium and addresses his supporters as he runs for New York Senate in 1910

J.P. Morgan, Jr. at Yale-Harvard Boat Race
(Original Caption) New London, CT: Photograph of J. P. Morgan, Jr. at Yale-Harvard boat race at New London. Undated. BPA2# 1043

Gangster Big Jack Zelig
4/13/1926-Jack Zelig Gangster

Charles F. Murphy and FDR
Tammany Society leader Charles F. Murphy poses with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The two are at Tammany Hall in New York for Independence Day events

Government and Military Leaders Watch Parade
Left to right: Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt; New York City Mayor John F. Hylan; Admiral William S

Government and Military Leaders Watch Parade

President Woodrow Wilson Acknowledges Onlookers
(Original Caption) 09/05/1919-Columbus

Customers Enjoying Drinks at a Speakeasy
View of four men drinking at the Speakeasy Bar. Undated photograph

Cox and Roosevelt in Motorcade
Democratic Presidential candidate James Cox and his running mate Franklin Roosevelt pass through a crowd of cheering onlookers during their campaign

Franklin D. Roosevelt Campaigning with James M. Cox
Vice presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt and presidential candidate, James M. Cox, Governor of Ohio, lead the Ohio Democratic Notification Parade in Dayton, Ohio, in 1920

Crowd Scene At Baseball Game
(Original Caption) Crowd scene at baseball game. Photograph ca. 1920

Football Inventor Walter Camp Wearing Hat
Walter Chauncey Camp, (1859-1925), American football coach, born in New Britain, Connecticut, invented the art of football scrimmage, 11-man team, the gird iron field, quarterback

H.N. Randolph and Newton Morris
(Original Caption) H.N. Randolph, Chairman of Georgia delegation and Judge Newton A. Morris of Marietta, Georgia on the platform committee

Teacher John Scopes
(Original Caption) 1925-John Scopes (1900-1970), evolution teacher and subject of the famous monkey trial. Photgraph, 1925

Guglielmo Marconi at Boating Event
(Original Caption) Signor Marconi of wireless fame, and his party landing at the Royal Yacht Quadron

US Postal Workers Cheering for the NRA
Postal workers at the New York Post Office cheer the unfurling of the National Recovery Administration banner by Postmaster General James Farley and NRA Administrator Grover A. Whalen in 1933

President Roosevelt Catching a Fish
President Franklin Roosevelt catches a 77-pound tarpon in the Gulf of Mexico. His son Elliott (dark shirt) and fishing guide Barney Farley help pull the fish aboard their motorboat

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt Going Fishing
President Roosevelt enjoys his fishing expedition on the Gulf of Mexico. His broad smile was inspired by his success in landing a 77-pound tarpon

Three Boats with Merchants Carrying Goods to Port Said
(Original Caption) Egypt: Port Said

Boys in Rowboat
(Original Caption) Fishing, Peck's Pond (Poconos), Pennsylvania

Church and Canal in Delft
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

First Plastic Rowboat Being Tested
(Original Caption) 6/23/41-New York: The first plastic rowboat ever made entirely of Du Pont's crystal clear "Lucite" Methyl Methacrylate gets a test by Clemens Scheuer, of New York

President Franklin D. Roosevelt Waving His Fedora
US President Franklin D

Comedian W.C. Fields
From the film Follow the Boys

Errol Flynn at Helm of His New Boat
Zaca boat

Franklin D. Roosevelt Sailing with Family
Franklin D. Roosevelt charters the Applejack II schooner for a vacation with his family

Illustration of Stromboli Volcano Eruption
(Original Caption) "The Island of Stromboli." Illustration shows volcano erupting and people in boat fleeing. Undated

Illustration of Fulton's First Steamboat
Fulton's sidewheeler Clermont (originally called the North River Steamboat)

Robert Mitchum Driving a Motorboat
(Original Caption) 1950-Las Vegas, NV- Recovering from recent Hollywood ordeal

Man Holding Wooden Eagle from America Yacht
A man holds up a wooden eagle which once graced the saloon of the America when that yacht won the America Cup in 1851

Actor Maurice Chevalier Wearing Boater Hat
(Original Caption) 10/1/1954-Maurice Chevalier, now 66, strikes a pose familiar to his 55 years behind the footlights of the world

Buster Keaton Looking Grim
(Original Caption) 12/6/1955- Hollywood, CA: Frozen faced comedian of silent films, Buster Keaton, was reported in "very grave" condition at Sawtelle Hospital Dec 5th

Dixieland Band Leader Stan Rubin at Piano
(Original Caption) All set to jazz it up during the Grace Kelly-Prince Rainier wedding festivities in Monaco, is Dixieland band leader Stan Rubin

Motor Yacht Cutting Through Water
(Original Caption) 1957- Motor yacht cutting through the water with people on deck. Photograph. BPA2# 5721

President Kennedy and Family Boating in Nantucket Sound
(Original Caption) 8/6/61-Hyannisport, Massachusetts: President John F. Kennedy (R) enjoys a swim as an unidentified swimmer (2nd R) holds a ladder for little Caroline Kennedy (on stern of boat)

President Kennedy Relaxing on Sailboat
President Kennedy relaxes on the Manitou sailboat in the waters off St. Johns Island. | Location: St. Johns Island, Maine, USA

Rowboats Dotting Lake in Central Park
(Original Caption) 4/28/1963-New York, NY: Mild temperatures and springlike breezes lured many New Yorkers into the city's outdoors April 28. Here boat fans row in Central Park

Young Lovers on Central Park Lake
A young couple relaxes in a rowboat, under a shading tree, on Central Park Lake in New York

New York Mets owner Joan Payson
Undaunted by yesterday's defeat, Mets owner Mrs. Joan Payson adjusts a Mets hat on her head as she watches her team try to even the score with the Orioles

Floating Markets in Bangkok
(Original Caption) The floating markets in Bangkok, Thailand

John F. Kennedy Jr. Boating
(Original Caption) Hurricane Island, Maine: John F. Kennedy Jr. (R) son of the late President John F. Kennedy, leans on gunwale of pulling boat #13, underway in Penobscot Bay

Sun Setting Behind Nuclear Cooling Towers and Reactor
(Original Caption) The sun sets behind the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. The crippled reactor, the round building on the left of the cooling towers, is cooling down

Airship Over The Speedway
A blimp flies over Sheepshead Bay Speedway as spectators watch and talk amongst themselves, Brooklyn, New York, late 1910s

Coming To America
A group of primarily Chinese and East Asian immigrants waits on a wharf after disinfection at Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, California, 1910s

Crowds & Traffic At Old Coney Island
Postcard view of Surf Avenue, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1910

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) during his time as Assistant Secretary of the US Navy, circa 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Coming To America
Image shows passengers and immigrants on the B and C decks towards the aft of the White Star liner RMS Olympic (sister of Titanic) as she sits in port and they await processing, New York, late 1920s

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