Harbour and herring fleet, Scarborough, Yorkshire

Reproduction ID: G3631

Maker: Unknown

Date: 1897

Materials: silver halide: gelatine

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jonfholl says:

What an absolutely amazing photo - well done LMS. Keep the stock rolling.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

foe says:

An even more elaborate bathing machine from George Eastman House's photostream:

Espagne St Sebastien-cabine royale by George Eastman House

Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Photographic says:

The Victorians had some brilliant but strange inventions...
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

George says:

Lovely to see this in the flesh today!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

muppetcakes says:

whoa. wow. cool.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

bodywatch says:

wow! what a huge fleet of boats - i wonder how many fishing boats go out of Scarborough today
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

shirleytobing says:

Wow! what a cool pictures!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

len1972 [deleted] says:

My great uncle said to me , when the fleet went out you couldn't see the sea for the masts and sail cloth. Now I understand.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Lívia Nicoliello (Livítss) says:

Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado 100% P&B e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

bradipsiquia [deleted] says:

Amazing!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

cltan47 [deleted] says:

best shot
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Sandwick says:

Stunning photograph!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

anslatadams says:

Amazing fleet of sailboats!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

acediscovery says:

Brilliant. So how did these work? Were there pedals inside, or did some poor sod have to drag them out to the sea?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

len1972 [deleted] says:

ace..horses or people.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

National Maritime Museum says:

Hi,

Bathing machines were conveyed to and from the sea in a variety of ways. The majority of bathing machines were pulled by a horse or pair of horses under the control of a driver. However machines could also be conveyed by human power. Some machines, like those at Folkestone, were raised and lowered by means of cables, which stretched down the beach to the sea, along rails.

Scarborough, pictured here, is believed to have been the first place to include bathing machines. A similar image of Scarborough, which seems to show horses pulling the bathing machines to the surf, is ‘Bathing Machines at the Seaside’, c. 1905 from the Science and Society Picture Library.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jon pratty says:

Just to set the cat amongst the pigeons: the London Midland and Scottish Railway can't have been the 'maker' of this pic: the LMS wasn't incorporated as a company until the 'Grouping' (under the Railway Nationalisation Act) of the old Victorian railway companies in 1924.

The maker of the pic could have been one of the many jobbing photographers hired by the railway companies of the day to promote the seaside and it's attractions. People like Francis Frith and A.L. Henderson roamed around the countryside making the first picture postcard images.

Scarborough in 1897 was served by the Great Northern Railway, part of the London and North Eastern Railway after 1924.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

brutus_ra says:

mmm.... so amazing
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

National Maritime Museum says:

Hi jon pratty,

Thanks for your comment. Interestingly we've received a comment card in the physical exhibition saying the same thing. We've updated the maker and we're checking to see if we can put a more certain attribution on this photograph.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Javier Buchberger says:

Impresionante!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

frederick4life2004 says:

Stunning photgraph and a gem of history.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Achilles [deleted] says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Nation Of Domination. (We Rule The Universe), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Achilles [deleted] says:

Magnificent
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

~Delphina~ splash says:

Fantastic
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

faguilar08 says:

Muy original¡¡
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

minyaso says:

好神奇
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Sandru ♥ [deleted] says:

oh
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

q8500e says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called CARS - السيارات - 車 - Autos - coches - автомоб, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Dipas Dute says:

Beautiful Photo!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

cajodi says:

What a charming Victorian picture.
Although I had to ask myself, 'what on earth is a bathing machine?' So in my search I found some enlightenment and a few smiles here... mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathing_machine
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Msol A. / WinkArtisans says:

WOW it is so surreal... stunning!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

WILSON FRANÇA says:

Fantastic !!!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

gloomybearx says:

I absolutely LOVE this
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Kornel17 says:

good!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

titaree says:

Nice shot!!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Ása B, very buissy these days ! says:

wow....what a shot!!!!!!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

bhashasy says:

amazing!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

siandara says:

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

reyfocus says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Seaside in black and white, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Salvatore Ambrosi says:

Fantastic !
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

PanzerGrenadier1 says:

What the ............................................. .............................!
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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Harbour and herring fleet, Scarborough, Yorkshire

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