The Library owns over 600,000 images dating from the mid-nineteenth century. Noted photographic collections include works by A. Aubrey Bodine, Edwin Levick, Marion V. Brewington, Elwin M. Eldredge, and Ted Stone.
Oyster Dredgers at Choptank by A. Aubrey Bodine
Major subject categories are:
- Aeronautics
- Americas Cup
- Ancient Craft
- Chesapeake Bay
- Civil War at Sea
- Commercial Shipping
- Confederate Vessels
- Disaster at sea
- Diving and salvage
- Fishing Activities
- Foreign Navies
- Government Facilities
- Government Vessels
- Great Lakes
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- Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation
- Harbors & Towns
- Immigration
- Inland Navigation
- Lifesaving
- Lighthouses
- Machinery
- Miscellaneous
- Museums
- Naval Engagements
- New York Harbor
- Ocean Liners
- Port Cites
- Portraits
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- Recreational Boating
- River Steamers
- Sailing Vessels
- Ship Decorations
- Ship Design & Construction
- Ship Models
- Shipyards
- Small Craft
- Spanish-American War
- Steamships
- U.S. Wars
- USS Monitor
- Unrigged Vessels
- Whales & Whaling
- Yachts & Yachting
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