Includes a black and white photograph of the Fir Grove ship in port in Seattle (Wash.) Inui Steamship Company, the owner of Fir Grove and its sister ships Pine Forest and Southern Aster, was found guilty on October 14, 1992 of wage abuse and faulty…
The first Floating Church of Our Saviour, moored at the foot of Pike Street in 1844 and in operation until 1868. The Church was converted from the ferryboat MANHATTAN and presided over by the Rev. Benjamin C. C. Parker.
Photographs of the Floating Church of Our Saviour (second), built in 1869 as a replacement for the first floating chapel, and in operation until 1911. Also represented under this subject are Rev. Archibald R. Mansfield’s last service at the second…
Includes black and white photographs of classes and seminars at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Institute of Maritime and General Studies at 15 State Street, SCI’s headquarters from 1968-1985.
Includes a black and white photograph of the property at Front Street and Coenties Slip, taken on January 19, 1925. The same year this property was demolished to build the annex at 25 South Street, SCI’s headquarters from 1913-1967.
Includes black and white photographs of a crowd with placards next to New York State Canal Terminal in March 1933 as well as the numerous seafarers SCI accommodated during the Great Depression. Also represented is an image of homeless mariners…
Includes black and white portrait and candid photographs of Rev. Raymond S. Hall, director of SCI from 1948-1960. Rev. Hall is shown with wife and son on deck of S. S. Independence; interacting with mariners; speaking at the American Association of…