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Both harbour walls are existing which indicates the date is at least 1895 but before 1905 when the harbour road was built. The harbour is full of sailing vessels.
Top, small white building, top central is Penzer House. The large row below, top…

The lifeboat was based at Newlyn between 1909 and 1913. In 1913 it was relocated to the new slip and boathouse at Penlee Point near Mousehole.

Vessels anchored in Gwavas Lake at low tide. Fish landings would have to be brought ashore in small punts. Fish-hawkers or 'Jousters' are waiting on the beach.

This was during the building of the cliff wall to support the road at Fore Street, Newlyn.

Fore Street is above left; the Harbour road is in the far right.
The vessel looks like as East Coast mackerel drifter but may be another commercial vessel converted, etc.
Has a port registry number of F5223 recorded at Faversham, which is a town 10…

Mounts Bay luggers aground in the Old Harbour. Many more at anchor in Gwavas Lake, in pre 1885 time, before the North and South Piers were built.
Registration numbers on vessels had the numbers listed first, followed by the PZ descriptor; this…

Foreground right is the end of the Old Pier in Newlyn. View is across to the new harbour road built in 1908, joining two parts of the village which became known as 'Uplong and Downlong'. They have just started building up the new walls supporting…

This is a copy of a postcard, but a better picture and more information can be found under the Identifier M.1595.

On the back of the print written by Serena Wadham: 'Popham Street, Queens Cottages'

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham:
'Woman with children Islington'
also written by unknown:
'Donna con bambino, Islington Londre'

Typed caption reads:
'Sugar and spice and all things nice that's what little girls are made of'

Typed caption reads: [Referring to 369.Ni] 'According to Drs John Bates and P.M. Bentler from Los Angeles, the boys in the picture above are playing a scale 2-type masculine non-athletic game. Their parents have no need to worry about them becoming…

Wooden Wall Sail Training ship. View looks like Plymouth Sound with ship operating out of Devonport.
HMS Impregnable built in 1860 as a 110 gun 1sr rate ship. Renamed HMS Bulwark and then HMS Impregnable in 1886

View of unknown Warship and Sail Training ship in background.
Possibly Plymouth Sound Devonport Naval base