Aimee
@aimeebachari.bsky.social
Public and oral historian focusing on gender and immigration. Currently the Education Director at the Steamship Historical Society and Associate Editor of PowerShips Magazine. Visit shiphistory.org/education and shiphistory.org/radio.
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The film version of this interview contains historic images, video, and documents from both Mark's archive and the SSHSA archive along with materials in the public domain and is available on YouTube at youtu.be/_Jk-prcwotU?....
The 50th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with Mark Sprang
YouTube video by Ship History
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The film version of this interview contains historic images, video, and documents from both Mark's archive and the SSHSA archive along with materials in the public domain and is available on YouTube at youtu.be/_Jk-prcwotU?....
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See a short clip of Geoff Paul giving discussing Samuel Ward Stanton during our Art Tour at youtube.com/shorts/GDKSM....
Geoff Paul gives SSHSA an Art Tour at the Griswold Inn
YouTube video by Ship History
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November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
See a short clip of Geoff Paul giving discussing Samuel Ward Stanton during our Art Tour at youtube.com/shorts/GDKSM....
It’s #NationalColoringBookDay! You can Color Our Collections, by downloading this free pdf at shiphistory.org/2022/12/03/color-our-collections/.
Color Our Collections - Steamship Historical Society
Download this pdf and color our collections! You will be creating your own art from images in our archives.
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August 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It’s #NationalColoringBookDay! You can Color Our Collections, by downloading this free pdf at shiphistory.org/2022/12/03/color-our-collections/.
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The Pulitzer Prize committee called COMBEE: “A richly-textured and revelatory account of a slave rebellion that brought 756 enslaved people to freedom in a single day, weaving military strategy and family history with the transition from bondage to freedom.”
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Pulitzer Prize committee called COMBEE: “A richly-textured and revelatory account of a slave rebellion that brought 756 enslaved people to freedom in a single day, weaving military strategy and family history with the transition from bondage to freedom.”
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Thank you, Richard for sharing your thoughts and final farewell images of the Big U with SSHSA and our members and friends! She will be missed.
To read his article, purchase a single issue of PowerShips (No. 320, Winter 2022) at shiphistory.org/product/powe....
To read his article, purchase a single issue of PowerShips (No. 320, Winter 2022) at shiphistory.org/product/powe....
PowerShips #320 - Winter 2022 - Steamship Historical Society
Get our quarterly maritime magazine PowerShips, which has articles about ship history past and present, created and printed in the USA.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Thank you, Richard for sharing your thoughts and final farewell images of the Big U with SSHSA and our members and friends! She will be missed.
To read his article, purchase a single issue of PowerShips (No. 320, Winter 2022) at shiphistory.org/product/powe....
To read his article, purchase a single issue of PowerShips (No. 320, Winter 2022) at shiphistory.org/product/powe....
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He told us, “You cannot get unobstructed views of the ship from the shore.” Later that afternoon, he took more images from the shore. “What you see here is that many of the port holes have been removed & nearly all the glass on the promenade decks on both sides has been removed. A sad sight indeed.”
April 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
He told us, “You cannot get unobstructed views of the ship from the shore.” Later that afternoon, he took more images from the shore. “What you see here is that many of the port holes have been removed & nearly all the glass on the promenade decks on both sides has been removed. A sad sight indeed.”
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He shared his photographs with us, taken from the tour boat Perdido Queen, which makes tours along the river of all the ships on both sides of the busy harbor in Mobile, Alabama.
April 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
He shared his photographs with us, taken from the tour boat Perdido Queen, which makes tours along the river of all the ships on both sides of the busy harbor in Mobile, Alabama.
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Longtime SSHSA Member Richard Weiss recently took a road trip and made one final visit to the SS United States. You might remember the cover article he wrote for PowerShips (No. 320, Winter 2022), “Passport to Romance: A Collector’s Obsession with Ships on LP Covers.”
April 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Longtime SSHSA Member Richard Weiss recently took a road trip and made one final visit to the SS United States. You might remember the cover article he wrote for PowerShips (No. 320, Winter 2022), “Passport to Romance: A Collector’s Obsession with Ships on LP Covers.”
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Find free activities like this one at shiphistory.org/activities.
April 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Find free activities like this one at shiphistory.org/activities.
This was a great interview.
Join us for a chat with Jane Lyons, who discusses what it was like traveling as a member of a diplomatic family and how they chose to keep busy on long voyages. Visit shiphistory.org/ships-transp... to listen to the interview and see images from Jane Lyons' personal collection.
March 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This was a great interview.
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Learn about the move from breakbulk cargo to containerization and the decline in ocean liner travel in Manhattan's Changing Waterfront and Harbor: youtu.be/LDCbWi2HjRc?....
Images: Nieuw Amsterdam departing from Pier 40 in New York #OnThisDay in 1971. Braun Brothers Collection, SSHSA Archives.
Images: Nieuw Amsterdam departing from Pier 40 in New York #OnThisDay in 1971. Braun Brothers Collection, SSHSA Archives.
March 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Learn about the move from breakbulk cargo to containerization and the decline in ocean liner travel in Manhattan's Changing Waterfront and Harbor: youtu.be/LDCbWi2HjRc?....
Images: Nieuw Amsterdam departing from Pier 40 in New York #OnThisDay in 1971. Braun Brothers Collection, SSHSA Archives.
Images: Nieuw Amsterdam departing from Pier 40 in New York #OnThisDay in 1971. Braun Brothers Collection, SSHSA Archives.
Part II of my interview with Dr. Kelli Nakamura about Picture Brides is out now! We discuss arranged marriages, women's work, domestic violence, WWII and internment, and citizenship issues.
Watch the film at youtu.be/SqdTJ8Cb6kQ?....
Watch the film at youtu.be/SqdTJ8Cb6kQ?....
SHIPS - Japanese Immigration and Picture Brides with Kelli Nakamura, Part II
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February 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Part II of my interview with Dr. Kelli Nakamura about Picture Brides is out now! We discuss arranged marriages, women's work, domestic violence, WWII and internment, and citizenship issues.
Watch the film at youtu.be/SqdTJ8Cb6kQ?....
Watch the film at youtu.be/SqdTJ8Cb6kQ?....
Check out my latest podcast episode where I join up with fellow UH Public History alumn Jason Theriot and share his oral history with Charles Mills on labor and integration in the Merchant Marine in Houston: open.spotify.com/episode/1hkv... #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory
The Merchant Marine, WWII, Integration, & Labor on the Houston Ship Channel with Jason Theriot and Charles Mills
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February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Check out my latest podcast episode where I join up with fellow UH Public History alumn Jason Theriot and share his oral history with Charles Mills on labor and integration in the Merchant Marine in Houston: open.spotify.com/episode/1hkv... #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory
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Robert Smalls escaped slavery on 5/13/1862 posing as the captain of the CSS Planter, a Confederate ship w/ a crew of fellow slaves. He navigated the cotton steamer off the dock & picked up family, getting past 2 Confederate checkpoints, including Fort Sumter. The crew surrendered to the Union fleet.
February 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Robert Smalls escaped slavery on 5/13/1862 posing as the captain of the CSS Planter, a Confederate ship w/ a crew of fellow slaves. He navigated the cotton steamer off the dock & picked up family, getting past 2 Confederate checkpoints, including Fort Sumter. The crew surrendered to the Union fleet.
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Learn more in Black Sailors in the Age of Sail: shiphistory.org/2021/02/05/b....
Black Sailors in the Age of Sail - Steamship Historical Society
Learn about the history of black sailors, why sailors had more freedom and equality, and how colonial values presented themselves on board.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Learn more in Black Sailors in the Age of Sail: shiphistory.org/2021/02/05/b....
I love a good maritime meme. This was a fun lesson plan to write ⚓️
Learn about Picasso, Cubism, and the Art of Camouflage in our interdisciplinary lesson plan on this topic! Visit shiphistory.org/2022/06/27/t....
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I love a good maritime meme. This was a fun lesson plan to write ⚓️
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Have you seen our interview with Daniel Harrington on one of New England's worst maritime disasters? You can watch it on our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnsY.... Don't forget to like and subscribe.
SHIPS - Larchmont Remembered with Daniel Harrington
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January 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Have you seen our interview with Daniel Harrington on one of New England's worst maritime disasters? You can watch it on our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnsY.... Don't forget to like and subscribe.
Punkah Louvres have their history in the British empire and on southern plantations. We still use them on planes as well! Get on my nerdy wavelength ⬇️
In this lesson plan, students will learn about the history of Punkah Louvres, ventilation, and AC on ships. This can be used for history, technology, or engineering and features discussion questions as well as an NGSS-aligned experiment. Check it out at shiphistory.org/2017/09/20/v....
Punkah Louvres and the History of Ventilation and AC - Steamship Historical Society
Ventilation and A/C tells the history of technological advancements that helped create fully air-conditioned passengers ships.
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January 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Punkah Louvres have their history in the British empire and on southern plantations. We still use them on planes as well! Get on my nerdy wavelength ⬇️
This really sent me down the nerdiest rabbit hole into the history of ventilation on ships 🤓
Our members, board, and staff has the honor of a personal tour with Peter Knego to view his collection at his home during our Annual Meeting festivities in November. He gifted us a Punkah Louvre, which served as the inspiration to create a new lesson plan.
January 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This really sent me down the nerdiest rabbit hole into the history of ventilation on ships 🤓
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#OnThisDay in 1953, the Italian Line's Andrea Doria, named for a Genoese statesman and admiral, made her maiden voyage from Genoa, Italy to New York City.
January 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#OnThisDay in 1953, the Italian Line's Andrea Doria, named for a Genoese statesman and admiral, made her maiden voyage from Genoa, Italy to New York City.
RIP Dr. Runyan, a legend in the maritime history and heritage community in the U.S.
I know we will all continue to be inspired by Tim’s dogged determination to protect and promote our maritime history.
Fair Winds, Tim.
Image: Tim Runyan at the last Maritime Heritage Conference in New Orleans, February 2018. Photo by Matthew Schulte.
Fair Winds, Tim.
Image: Tim Runyan at the last Maritime Heritage Conference in New Orleans, February 2018. Photo by Matthew Schulte.
January 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
RIP Dr. Runyan, a legend in the maritime history and heritage community in the U.S.
Check out my podcast, Ship History Radio, for @shiphistory.bsky.social at open.spotify.com/show/1ceDel8... or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Podcast · Steamship Historical Society of America · Join the Steamship Historical Society of America for tales of ships that reshaped our history as the country transitioned from sail to steam and bey...
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January 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Check out my podcast, Ship History Radio, for @shiphistory.bsky.social at open.spotify.com/show/1ceDel8... or wherever you get your podcasts!
Learn about Japanese immigration to Hawai’i by steamship w/ Dr. Kelli Nakamura. You’ll hear about how the American Civil War & the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 fueled a need for sugar plantation workers in Hawai’i and the practice of picture brides. Watch at youtu.be/QC04f_x8TiM
SHIPS - Japanese Immigration by Steamship and Picture Brides with Kelli Nakamura, Part I
YouTube video by Ship History
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January 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Learn about Japanese immigration to Hawai’i by steamship w/ Dr. Kelli Nakamura. You’ll hear about how the American Civil War & the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 fueled a need for sugar plantation workers in Hawai’i and the practice of picture brides. Watch at youtu.be/QC04f_x8TiM