The Spanish Freighter NAVEMAR left from Seville. Spain, with 1,120 passengers, in 1941. Most were Jewish refugees fleeing genocide in German-occupied countries. The conditions on the NAVEMAR, a ship designed with only 28 accommodations, were...

Photograph of finished lumber being loaded off the the S.S. YORKAMAR docked at the Columbia Street Pier, April 21, 1949. Wood, from logs to finished planks, has long been an important commodity in Red Hook.  The Columbia Street Pier in also...