Lusitania

The four funnels of the Lusitania are seen from above in the summer of 1908, while the ship was docked in New York Harbor. One has to wonder about the vantage point from which the picture was taken. There were no high places on the water front at that time, and the picture is clearly taken from a very high point on the ship's own foremast, well above the crows nest. For a person to get themselves and a bulky glass plate negative style camera that high up on the mast must have been a dangerous undertaking. But it's a remarkable view for it's time, showing the ship boomed out for the loading of coal, as well as the two rows of unique air vents running along her sun deck.