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| Description: | A bow view of the screw passenger cruise vessel, "South American," docked. Passengers are waiting on the pier. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A Curtiss hydroaeroplane tied down prior to a test flight over San Diego Bay. Two unidentified pilots rest on the dock in the shade of its wing. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | An unsuccessful test of Glenn Curtiss' hydroplane in San Diego Bay. The pilot about to be rescued is thought to be Milwaukee's John Kaminski. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i... |
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| Description: | View of part of an old boat frame, presumably from a shipwreck at Point Judith. A group of people are sitting and standing near the frame of the boat on th... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a fisherman's shanty along the shoreline surrounded by rocks. At the shoreline is a man and numerous boats pulled ashore. Caption reads: "... |
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| Description: | View across water toward people on a small sailboat on Barnegat Bay, and boathouses and buildings on the far shoreline. |
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| Description: | View of Plymouth Street looking towards the waterfront with large trees along the sidewalks. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Boats unloading at Standard Oil Co.'s pier, with a horse, wagon, and a number of men handling lumber and other building materials. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline toward the wreck of the S.S. Atlantus, a concrete hulled ship in the water near a shoreline. In the foreground are three men on ... |
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| Description: | A bicycle parking lot at the beach at Point o' Woods, Fire Island’s oldest, self-contained community. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a crowd of people standing on boats lined up along a pier to watch a bi-winged airplane flying over the water. Large buildings ar... |
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| Description: | View from unpaved road toward houses down a side dirt road leading toward a beach in the background. A man stands on the porch of the house in the left for... |
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| Description: | View of an automobile ferry boat traveling to or from Shelter Island Heights. Several men are on the ferry, along with three automobiles. "Shelter Island O... |
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| Description: | View of a shipyard with tracks for timber wagons. Several men are both on shore, and some men are on boats. One of the boats near the docks reads: "Alberta... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of sunbathing adults and children standing and sitting near a blanket, folding chairs, and umbrella set up on a beach. In the background, swimmers ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a resort shoreline lined with vacation houses. People walk along the beach, swim, and sit on the sand or on an elevated boardwalk near the water. |
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| Description: | Two children pose for a portrait while standing along a shoreline next to a row of cottages. Several rowboats are pulled ashore, and people are on the cott... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the beach and boardwalk at Playland, crowded with people walking on the boardwalk, sunbathing on the beach and wading in the water. The be... |
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| Description: | Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T... |
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