WELCOME to the Balch Institute's Steamship Experience tour!  Listed below are links to pages displaying thumbnail-sized images from the Balch Institute Archives'  ``Steamship Ephemera" collection.  These images are categorized according to steamship line.  You may begin with the Anchor Line and work your way through the linked pages to the White Star Line, or simply choose any line at random. 

You will be viewing a thumbnail image on the following pages.  To read the text of a particular image, simply click on the thumbnail for the larger, more detailed view.  Please note that it may take several seconds and perhaps considerably more for the image to load on your screen.