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A port beam view of the lug rigged yacht Sandpiper (1899) at anchor in The Downs on a fishing trip. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port bow view of the lug rigged yacht Sandpiper (1899) under sail in The Downs heading for the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A portrait of Edgar Tarry Adams sitting at the tiller of his new yacht Sandpiper (1899) on the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) beached in the shallows at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view, taken from very fine off the bow, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail approaching the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams at the helm of the two masted, lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) while under sail off the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the two masted, lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) under sail in The Downs, off Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) on the shingle about to be launched from Walmer beach, Kent. (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)
Edgar Tarry Adams on board the wreck of the steamship Ardoe (1880) beached off Sandown Castle, The Downs, 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)
On board the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (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)
Villagers in costume with their nautically themed float for the Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee parade in Halstead village, Essex. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams at the top of the lighthouse at Dunkirk, France. (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 and two other men having a picnic on Deal beach, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs, approaching the beach at Walmer. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams with one of his boats on a two-wheeled cradle outside the boatshed of Mr. J. Nicholas at Deal, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard quarter view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams sitting in a tent getting breakfast ready at Sandwich Haven, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
An informal head and shoulders portrait of Edgar Tarry Adams sitting behind the desk in his den. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams' wooden boathouse and his three boats on the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A back view of Edgar Tarry Adams standing on a beach capstan taking a photograph at Deal or Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
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