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Photo of a steel engraving of Penzance and Newlyn. The steeple is the Chapel of Our Lady, later replaced by St Mary's Church.

Faint pencil inscription verso 'with fond love to dear Uncle & Auntie from Glynne'.
Albumin print

Steamship with open bridge.

Ship dressed Crowds of people on wall and pier pillow fight over water 3 men in boat on watch

Steamship 'Stainburn' entering Penzance dry-dock 1906 after hitting the Runnelstone info available.. later wrecked - ran aground on rocks Feb 1911 Gulf of St Malo. NO NEGATIVE OR PHOTOGRAPH PRESENT

Steamer towing five boats loaded with Victorian trippers bound for Tresco , Isles of Scilly.

She was driven off course by strong Gales and struck the Deeper Stones off Godrevy point all 40passengers and crew were lost

DSA ii, 627

Albumen print.

Inscr. on mount, 'S/s "Ransome" - 1885- sunk at Penzance'.

Steamer packed with people Several Tall Ships J 16.

Print

The steamer is visible behind the harbour wall. Fowey registered FY 405 "Swift" is in the foreground.

The Earl of Lonsdale, a steamer, was carrying beans and cotton seed from Alexandria to Portishead. . Owned by Thomas G. Dunford of Newcastle. The vessel was 1,543 tons gross and was built in North Shields, North Tyneside in 1872

The Earl of…