Half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, the first American steamship to round the Horn, ca.1850 

Drawing of the last five-mast ship to sail the Pacific, ca.1898 

Side wheel steamer Orziba near a dock or harbor, ca.1885 

Steamer ship Santa Rosa in San Francisco bay the day California volunteers returned from Manila during the Spanish-American War, 1898 

The Ancon, a paddlewheel (or side wheel) steamer and sister to the Orizaba, at the 5th Street Wharf, San Diego bay, ca.1885 

Steamship S.S. Yale entering Los Angeles Harbor, ca.1913 

Drawing by Walter Francis depicting the ship San Carlos entering the bay of San Francisco on August 5, 1775, [s.d.] 

View of the Catalina passenger steamer Cabrillo loading passengers and freight alongside a Wilmington wharf, ca.1900 

Newspaper illustration of the Great Eastern ship entering New York Harbor, June 20, 1860 

Three-quarter bow view of a fully rigged ship sailing out from San Diego, ca.1904 

Drawing of San Francisco and the bay in 1852, showing water of the bay reaching back to Montgomery Street 

Model of a galleon sailing ship, ca.1900 

Drawing of a full-rigged sailing ship, ca.1900 

Drawing of San Francisco's Golden Gate, showing several large ships, 1837 

Shipping at Honolulu harbor, ca.1907-1910 

Passenger liner Resolute moored alongside a wharf in San Pedro Harbor, May 11, 1928 

Drawing of a Spanish galleon, ca.1700 

Calcas Column (balanced rock) near Oregon City, Oregon, ca.1900-1930 

Portside view of "Old Ironsides" replica at a harbor, San Pedro, ca.1926 

San Diego Pacific Coast Steamship landing, foot of Broadway, ca.1885-1886