sterling

44 photos and 2 illustrations tagged sterling, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2014

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26_0015160 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2025
26_0015125 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2025
British Library digitised image from page 403 of "Johnson's history of Nebraska" from British Library uploaded May 2017
Women of Science Ridge Mennonite Church in Sterling, Illinois, about 1905 from Mennonite Church USA Archives uploaded August 2014
The six-masted schooner HELEN B STERLING on Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded August 2014
Life belt with a mounted photograph of Captain Ray Milton Sterling from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded February 2014
British Library digitised image from page 443 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1834 to 1893 (to 1914) . Also ... engravings ... Published from British Library uploaded December 2013
Waiting for the verdict from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
Photographic portrait postcard of a young man taking a photograph of a group from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
Photographic postcard of a man and five women from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2013
First Officer Ray Milton Sterling standing next to the ship's wheel of E R STERLING, c 1916 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Woman standing next to the ship's wheel, 1913-1920 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Ray Milton Sterling standing with an unidentified woman, 1913-1928 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Unidentified man seated at the pianola in the saloon on board E R STERLING, 1912-1918 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Unidentified officer seated in the saloon on board E R STERLING, 1913-1928 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012

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Portrait of a woman, possibly Dorothy H Sterling on board E R STERLING, c 1913

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Ikea Monkey said:
she's quite beautiful
Sam said:
Lovely, but she's not like any ship I've ever seen.
Ikea Monkey said:
ship?

Captain Edward Robert Sterling, Ethel May Sterling and her daughter Margaret Francis Sterling, 1918

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

beachcomber australia said:
The Sterling name rang a bell - the ship 'Helen B Sterling', named after Captain Edward Robert Sterling's wife, had a rather sad ending in Sydney in the 1930s. See comments etc on this photo of the ship passing under the Harbour Bridge in 1931 -
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Thank you for that link beachcomber! It is a wonderful photograph. There appears to be quite a bit of information about the vessels, and the shipping family available which is promising.

The 'Helen B Stirling'

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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Michael Sutton said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sydney Harbour Bridge, and we'd love to have this added to the group! -- Seen in your Sydney Harbour Bridge set. (?)
beachcomber australia said:
Rather a sad story to this ship. See this blog - www.mulhollandnet.com/2008/02/08/helen-b-stirling-oregon-... , which includes two other photos of the "Helen B Stirling" squeezing under the unfinished Sydney Harbour Bridge. . The ship arrived in Sydney in March 1930 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16637511 She is declared unseaworthy - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16677245 Dances were held on board - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16700174 She is used for firewood - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16968970 She was destroyed by fire 24/3/1934 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17065501
Mangrove Rat said:
Interesting articles beachcomberaustralia some of which I had come across when researching this ship a few years ago as part of research into her sister ship and wondered about the 05/03/1931 date as she couldn't have sailed into Sydney after having been declared unseaworthy - should the date of the photo above be 05/03/1930? I really like the dances held on board!
beachcomber australia said:
Mangrove Rat I think the poor old ship was just being towed around Sydney Harbour from one mooring to another (perhaps between dances?!), rather than arriving in Sydney. She is sitting high in the water, implying no cargo of imported wood. The tugs are also visible on a couple of other photos in the Series 12685 (Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1923-1933), which also have the date 05/03/1931, so it is unlikely to be a typo, or mistaken date - the series seems to follow a chronological order Also if it were March 1930 the Bridge arch was not yet joined (August 1930) and decking as seen here, not yet built. investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp...
beachcomber australia said:
There was concern at the time (March 1931) about the clearance under the Bridge, as shown in these newspaper articles - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/29899497 trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4376744 (includes a photo of the 'Helen B. Stirling') trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/38896769 Perhaps this photo and the others in the series are meant to be proof of the Bridge clearance. The 'Helen B. Stirling' was a kind of crash test dummy.