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Sailors' Home - 52 Market Street
Includes black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of the Sailors' Home at 52 Market Street, operated by SCI from 1894-1907.
Held services for sailors on Manhattan’s waterfront
SCI's headquarters from 1913-1967
Men's shelter built in response to the Panic of 1920
Built for Danish seamen exiled during WWII
Interior of the chapel at 25 South Street
Game room at 25 South Street
SCI’s boat used for ship visits and transport
Employment Bureau at 25 South Street
Formerly New York School of Navigation and Navigation and Engineering School
Port Newark, New Jersey
Facilities at 25 South Street
SCI's House Mother from 1915-1943
SCI chaplains visit ships with reading material and care packages
Soda fountain and luncheonette at 25 South Street
Founded in 1919 by Janet L. Roper and the Religious and Social Work Department
Inside the lobby at 25 South Street
Christmas at Sea packages delivered
Rooftop instruction on SCI’s “Flying Bridge”
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Labor Issues on New York's Waterfront: A Visual History
The collection houses many flyers and related print materials from the volatile 1930s, which saw sweeping protests, labor organization, and...
Featured Series
Chaplains' Journals - 1843-1897
Includes fifteen MSS. of journals written by Chaplains of the Protestant Episcopal Church Missionary Society for Seamen in the City and Port of New…
