Shipment Collection

Oil tanker loading at an oil terminal in Nakhodka, Russia

Tractor Pattern
Export pattern : A consignment of brand new tractors awaiting shipment. Date: 1960s

A tank transporter hauling a Challenger 2 main battle tank to Wales for an exercise. Challenger 2 is an advanced main battle tank in service with the British Army and with the Royal Army of Oman

Shop interior, Egypt Date: circa 1900s

WINE TASTING, 1820
Wine tasting : assessing a fresh shipment newly arrived at the London Docks, Date: 1820

Manila Docks
Unloading a shipment of cargo from ships in Manila docks, Philippines. Three young men in shorts wipe the sweat from themselves in the heat. Date: late 1930s

Rail / Break of Gauge
The break of gauge at Gloucester: the trans-shipment of goods from the broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages

Mrs. G.W. Lopp & cigarettes sent to France, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs. G.W
Mrs. G.W. Lopp & cigarettes sent to France, between c1914 and c1915. Mrs. George Washington-Lopp (Clara Dolores Machain) sitting in front of a shipment of cigarettes

Copper for shipment, Houghton, Mich. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Copper for shipment, Houghton, Mich. between 1900 and 1920

The Boston Tea Party - a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773

White mail box in front of a house next to driveway with spring trees and green evergreen trees

Marseille, 20th October 1887 (b / w photo)
STC284390 Marseille, 20th October 1887 (b/w photo) by Portuguese Photographer (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bales of cotton, ready for shipment - USA. Date: circa 1911

Shipment of goods on a boat, Miniature in Codex Justinian Institutiones Feodorum et Alia, illuminated manuscript, c. 1300

Packing the finished ware for shipment, Alfred Meakin
Packing the finished ware for shipment Date: 1913

Loading a lake freighter with coal at the Pennsylvania R.R. coal docks... Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading a lake freighter with coal at the Pennsylvania R.R. coal docks, for shipment to other Great Lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio

Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio

Loading a lake freighter with coal for shipment to other lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading a lake freighter with coal for shipment to other lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio

The Distress in the West of Ireland: Landing Indian Meal at Inishboffin, from The Illustrated London News
BAL127870 The Distress in the West of Ireland: Landing Indian Meal at Inishboffin, from The Illustrated London News, 4th October 1886 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection

Lorillard Brick Works (Limited) (b / w photo)
1626902 Lorillard Brick Works (Limited) (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lorillard Brick Works (Limited)

The Atlantic Cable, ready for shipment, Moden Wharf, East Greenwich (engraving)
608738 The Atlantic Cable, ready for shipment, Moden Wharf, East Greenwich (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Getting the Field Hospital Stores ready at Woolwich for Shipment (litho)
1043148 Getting the Field Hospital Stores ready at Woolwich for Shipment (litho) by Spence, Percy F.S. (1868-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The New Walton Pier, Carrara, for the Shipment of Marble (engraving)
1618940 The New Walton Pier, Carrara, for the Shipment of Marble (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Walton Pier, Carrara)

West St. New York, 1870s (sepia photo)
STC306706 West St. New York, 1870s (sepia photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright

The New Orleans Levee, 1910 (photo)
PNP247895 The New Orleans Levee, 1910 (photo) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

A stern-wheeler loaded with cotton bales at New Orleans, c. 1900 (b / w photo)
PNP247894 A stern-wheeler loaded with cotton bales at New Orleans, c.1900 (b/w photo) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Dunvilles whisky wagons in London
Large number of wagons, heavily laden with cases of Dunvilles world-famed V.R. whisky, travelling from St. Katherines Dock to Dunvilles London headquarters in Shaftesbury Avenue

America - The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16th 1773. 6 December 1773

Sugar Cultivation in the West Indies (engraving)
1618176 Sugar Cultivation in the West Indies (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sugar Cultivation in the West Indies)

The Ashantee War, shipping Stores and War Material at Woolwich for the Gold Coast (engraving)
1049131 The Ashantee War, shipping Stores and War Material at Woolwich for the Gold Coast (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ashantee War)

The War in Egypt, Notes at Bombay, preparing for the Departure of the Indian Contingent (engraving)
1061090 The War in Egypt, Notes at Bombay, preparing for the Departure of the Indian Contingent (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War in Egypt)

Cleopatras Needle, presented by the Khedive to the United States (engraving)
1045226 Cleopatras Needle, presented by the Khedive to the United States (engraving) by Boot, William Henry James (1848-1918) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cleopatras Needle)

Shipment at Trieste of Wooden Houses, Furs, etc, for the Allied Armies in the Crimea (engraving)
1601898 Shipment at Trieste of Wooden Houses, Furs, etc, for the Allied Armies in the Crimea (engraving) by English School

View from West Street of Mercantile Activity in New York Harbour, c
CHT206511 View from West Street of Mercantile Activity in New York Harbour, c.1880 (litho) (b/w photo) by Quevero, (fl.1880); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

First shipment of wheat from Chicago warehouse, Newberry & Dole, 1838 (engraving)
2957704 First shipment of wheat from Chicago warehouse, Newberry & Dole, 1838 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; American, out of copyright

Corn Barks, 1803 (colour litho)
478343 Corn Barks, 1803 (colour litho) by Atkinson, John Augustus (1775-1831) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian dockers loading and unloading corn shipments)

Steamboats loading cotton at New Orleans, Louisiana, c. 1890 (b / w photo)
PNP405111 Steamboats loading cotton at New Orleans, Louisiana, c.1890 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American

Frontispiece of Le Parfait Negociant by Jacques Savary, Paris
CHT207799 Frontispiece of Le Parfait Negociant by Jacques Savary, Paris, 1665 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Landry, Pierre (c)

Cotton in Egypt (engraving)
1049056 Cotton in Egypt (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton in Egypt. Illustration for The Graphic)

Bee-Keeping in California, USA (engraving)
1037690 Bee-Keeping in California, USA (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bee-Keeping in California, USA)

Shipment of the New Hundred-Ton Gun on Board the "Europa"at Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving)
1053746 Shipment of the New Hundred-Ton Gun on Board the " Europa" at Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving) by English School

Weighing Cotton in India for Shipment to England (engraving)
5212960 Weighing Cotton in India for Shipment to England (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Weighing Cotton in India for Shipment to England)

Rubber shipment on the Upper Amazon (b / w photo)
6025416 Rubber shipment on the Upper Amazon (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rubber shipment on the Upper Amazon)

Shipment of the 100-ton Gun at the Elswick Ironworks, Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving)
1602415 Shipment of the 100-ton Gun at the Elswick Ironworks, Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cotton Bales lying at the Bombay Terminus of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway ready for Shipment to England
1587726 Cotton Bales lying at the Bombay Terminus of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway ready for Shipment to England (engraving) by English School

War Preparations at Woolwich (litho)
1043218 War Preparations at Woolwich (litho) by Spence, Percy F.S. (1868-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: War Preparations at Woolwich)

The New Orleans Levee, c. 1870 (engraving)
PNP247864 The New Orleans Levee, c.1870 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: levee breached in Hurricane Katrina)

Manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable (engraving)
1587392 Manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable)

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From the high seas to historic events, it has shaped our world. An oil tanker glides through the waves, carrying precious cargo that fuels nations. A tractor pattern weaves its way across fields, symbolizing the interconnectedness of global trade. A tank transporter hauls a Challenger 2 main battle tank to Wales for an exercise, showcasing military logistics in action. Intriguingly, even wine tasting in 1820 played a role in shipment's story - as connoisseurs savored exquisite flavors transported from distant vineyards. Step into an Egyptian shop interior and behold the treasures brought by merchants from far-flung lands. Manila Docks bustle with activity as goods are loaded onto ships bound for new horizons. Railways break gauge barriers, enabling seamless transportation across vast territories. Witness Alfred Meakin meticulously packing finished ware for shipment – craftsmanship destined to grace homes around the world. Reflect on history's turning points like The Boston Tea Party or Christopher Columbus' voyages that forever altered global commerce. A black and white photo captures Marseille on October 20th, 1887 - a snapshot frozen in time amidst bustling port activities. Bales of cotton stand ready for shipment in the USA – symbols of agricultural abundance fueling industrial growth. Shipment is more than just moving goods; it connects cultures, drives economies forward and shapes our shared destiny.