Seamen
Title
Seamen
Description
A variety of images are shown here, including a group of shipwrecked seafarers sitting in the auditorium at 25 South Street during World War I; American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS) members singing to seamen in the Seamen’s Lounge at 25 South Street in 1943; broadcast of the poetry contest “Between the Bookends” in February 1945, with a seaman winning third prize; Radio operator Ken Quee speaking with mariner Manuel Benitez on the rooftop of 25 South Street in 1955; a 1964 portrait of Seaman of the Month David Frey; female “Sea Venture” crew members attending an orientation at 15 State Street prior to sailing in 1974; two crew members looking out of the Turkish goodwill ship Tarsus in the port of Miami (Fla.); a portrait of Count Felix von Luckner; Capt. John Wilson with a dog on a boat; portrait of seaman Charles Leroy McCleary; and a portrait of seafarer Jim Fowler with a falcon.
Creator
Seamen's Church Institute
Rights
Seamen’s Church Institute provides digital access to materials from its Archives for educational and research purposes. Responsibility for determining copyright status of and securing permission to use an item rests with the person desiring to use the material.
Collection
Citation
Seamen's Church Institute, “Seamen,” Seamen's Church Institute Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://seamenschurch-archives.org/items/show/140.