Photographs

There are more than 400 photographs in the By Sea, By Land book, and even more in the family archives that didn’t make it into the book. These photos rage from the early/mid 1800s to the present day. New ones will be added frequently, so check back often! If you have images you want to include in the archives, please contact me

The Reverend Thomas Pyne

The Reverend Thomas Pyne

A sketch of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Waters Pyne's husband, Rev. Thomas Pyne, which appeared in the 1861 Record of proceedings of ...
Church of Santa Maria Novella Near Jane Waters' Home in Florence, Italy (1890)

Church of Santa Maria Novella Near Jane Waters’ Home in Florence, Italy (1890)

Below this image in the Amy (Dakin) Waters Scrapbook, written by Jane Waters, is this description: “The Church of Santa ...
Guano Chute at Chinchera Islands

Guano Chute at Chinchera Islands

A guano chute or “manguera” on the Chincha Islands. Guano loaded by hand from indentured workers on the islands would ...
Indentured "Coolies" Mining Guano (1800s)

Indentured “Coolies” Mining Guano (1800s)

Indentured “coolies” mining guano. Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Thomas Waters Jr. would've observed this process from his ship, ...
Possible Thomas Waters Jr. Sketch

Possible Thomas Waters Jr. Sketch

This sketch appears in Thomas Waters Jr.'s wife Amy’s scrapbook. Though we can’t be certain he drew it, it seems ...
Amy Waters & Children (1861)

Amy Waters & Children (1861)

Amy Waters with her children. L to R: Amy, Thomas Jr., baby John, Alice. 1861. See also P. 252 of ...

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