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online exhibitsThe Maritime Virtual Art Museum SEE THE SPECIAL Exhibits on display now in the SSHSA Maritime Virtual Art Museum. MORE > publicationsPowerShips The authoritative magazine of the history of engine-powered vessels and the legacy of man's journey on the world's seas and waterways. In this issue:
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SSHSA Ship History CenterThe Steamship Historical Society of America Ship History Center is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2500 Post Road, Warwick, RI, 02886. Please call ahead and schedule a research appointment to use the archives. SSHSA's ArchivesSSHSA's archives covers a vast array of maritime topics and history relating to the United States, and world shipping. They include:
SSHSA's Image PortholeAn industry leading tool currently in place is our Image Porthole. More than 60,000 digitized maritime photos are currently available online via the SSHSA Image Porthole Since its launch 2008, more than 60,000 "lost" pictures of ships, ports, and people now have been preserved, digitized and presented online. In addition to photographic images, the porthole is home to digitized posters, paintings, and artifacts. SSHSA members can interact with the Image Porthole database and help us identify these images and items. General public may login as guests and view the images. Visit www.sshsaimageporthole.org to access SSHSA's Image Porthole. SSHSA's Maritime LibraryThe library includes volumes about shipping lines, specific vessels of military and merchant classes, war, immigration and genealogy, as well as periodicals, reference materials on marine engineering, the merchant marine, and shipping registers. Search or browse our library in our online catalog. Please refer below for a list of the registers available in our library: Lloyd's Registers: 1764, 1774, 1790, 1800, 1812, 1820, 1844, 1848, 1851, 1853, 1861-63, 1873, 1878, 1882-1883, 1886-1888, 1893, 1897-1898, 1900-1901, 1907-1999. Lloyd's Register of American Yachts: 1914, 1922-1926, 1929-1942, 1947, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1962-1963, 1965-1969, 1976, 1977. Record of American and Foreign Shipping: 1897, 1902, 1905, 1907, 1909-1910, 1913-1915, 1918-1967, 1971, 1974-1975, 1979-1981, 1986-1996. Merchant Vessels of the United States: 1868-1870, 1875, 1881, 1883-1965, 1968-1979, 1981, 1989. ***Please note that not all of the collections in the archives are processed (or documented), and so certain requests for information or specific items may take time. Please state the urgency or any relevant deadlines upon requesting information or research time.*** Click here to request research or a photo search, or to request more information.
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