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On board the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Sandpiper (1899) about to be launched from the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams' wooden boathouse and his three boats on the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the lug rigged yacht Sandpiper (1899) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant bow view of the lug rigged yacht Sandpiper (1899) rowing away from the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the two masted, lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) under sail in The Downs, off Walmer, Kent. (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)
A port bow view of the two masted, lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) moored in a creek in the River Stour at Sandwich Haven, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
On board the two masted, lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) while under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
The Adams family on board the two masted, lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) while under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
Ajax 1877; Service vessel; Tug; River tug (Full hull model)
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A port bow view of the Castle Line passenger/cargo liner Carisbrook Castle (1898) berthed in the East India Dock Basin, London. (Glass plate negative)
A crowd of shipyard workers and spectators watching the launch of the Royal Navy battleship Thunderer (1911) at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
The starboard forward poppet of the Japanese Navy battleship Shikishima (1898) on the slipway of the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view of the Cunard passenger liner Campania (1893) alongside a wharf in Liverpool Docks. (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 full length portrait of Edgar Tarry Adams standing in the front garden of The Bungalow, Lower Walmer, Deal, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams on the beach below the cliffs at St. Margaret's Bay with the wreck of the Preussen (1902) in Crab Bay the background. (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)
Edgar Tarry Adams and his son, Francis Norris Adams, on the beach at the South Foreland, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A port quarter view of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) at anchor in The Downs, off Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams on the beach below the cliffs at St. Margaret's Bay with the wreck of the Preussen (1902) in Crab Bay the background. (Glass plate negative)
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