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A port bow view of the passenger excursion paddle steamer Halcyon (1887) leaving Deal Pier, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the two masted, lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) under sail in The Downs, approaching the beach at Walmer. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the general cargo steamship Advent (1876) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
Steerage passengers on the forward well deck of the German passenger liner Deutschland (1900) alongside the Prince of Wales Pier in Dover Harbour, awaiting disembarkation. (Sheet film negative)
Sailing yachts of various types berthed bow-on to the shore at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. (Glass plate negative)
A man and two schoolboys launching the single masted, lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) from the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the two masted, lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) under sail off the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
The beach at Walmer, Kent, during the annual Deal yachting day. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant bow view of the two masted, lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) under sail approaching the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Union-Castle passenger/cargo liner Kinfauns Castle (1899) under way in The Downs on her maiden voyage. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Castle Line passenger/cargo liner Dunottar Castle (1890) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A close view of the stern of the Castle Line passenger/cargo liner Doune Castle (1890) in the East India Dock, London. (Glass plate negative)
The Adams family having lunch in the yacht Sea Gull's dinghy on the beach in St. Margaret's Bay by the South Foreland, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
On board the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A distant port bow view of the Royal Navy battleship Cornwallis (1901) in the water after launching from the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) at the water's edge on an unknown beach, probably in south-east England. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view, taken from very fine off the bow, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail running into the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A full length portrait of Edgar Tarry Adams standing in the front garden of The Bungalow, Lower Walmer, Deal, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) at the water's edge on an unknown beach, probably in south-east England. (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard bow view of the lug rigged yacht Sandpiper (1899) hitting the water on launching stern first from the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) in the snow on the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the yacht Sea Gull (1874) being launched from the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A full length portrait of Edgar Tarry Adams alongside the armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) at theThames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
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