Photography

As the single largest collection of maritime photography in the world, the collection includes the Rosenfeld Collection, depicting America’s Cup and other yacht races, sail and motor yachts. Carleton Mitchell Collection, documenting yacht races and Caribbean travel. Historic photographs spanning over a century and a half of American commercial and recreational maritime activity, from New England shipbuilding to Arctic exploration. Images include onboard, shipyard, and waterfront scenes, portraits of shipmasters and other mariners, and Inuit life and culture. The Seaport also has a contemporary Photo Archive, which includes images of our vessels, buildings, and loaned research photos.