Contains photographs taken of/on the S.S. John Brown. Also includes a small booklet on the ship's history. The S.S. John Brown was the ship that Philip Sperling boarded home following his service overseas. Also included is a photocopy of a 2009 article of Sperling on the S.S. John Brown and a Live magazine with an article on the S.S. John Brown (dated September 7, 1942).