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The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives
Passenger Lists
From the 1880s through the 1950s Primarily Westbound Transatlantic - The Passenger Lists covers are often very ornate and colorful - provided as a souvenir of the voyage.
Maritime Brochures
Supplement Your Family History Book with Photographs, including Interior and Exterior views, descriptions of Steamships, Steamship Lines and Passenger Information, Rates for Passage, Luggage Regulations and more.
Steamship Passenger Contracts
Contracts for Passage covering Immigrants in Steerage, Third Class and other Classes. Offers great insight on accommodations in Steerage.
Immigration
Articles, Photographs, Documents, and Information on Immigration, Immigrants, Castle Garden, Ellis Island and More
Articles on Steamship Travel
Learn what it was like traveling in the age of steam on board the transatlantic steamships of 60 - 150 years ago.
Historical Fashions
Taking a voyage in First Class meant dressing the part. Read about they styles of dress as written about by the steamship companies and period fashion advertisements.
U.S. Navy
From Yearbooks of the U.S. Naval Training Stations, Cruise Books of U.S. Carriers, Brochures and Booklets from the 1800s through the Korean War along with Archives of Activities, Officers and Crews of the U.S.S. Matar (AK-119) and the U.S.S. Carina (AK-74) from WWII.
U.S. Army
Large collection of World War I documents, photographs, articles, Unit Histories, Cantonments and books; World War II - Extensive Library of Books and Brochures along with some Training Center Yearbooks.
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
Extensive holdings include original documents, work orders, letters, brochures, reports, photographs and more.
What's New?
- Find out what Housekeeping on a large steamship was like in 1899
- Ever wonder how many crew members it took to run a steamship? Here's a breakdown for the Cunard steamships Campania and Lucania in 1893
- If your ancestors emigrated from Norway in the early 1900s, we have terrific photographs from 1908 taken of ships, towns and cities along the Western coast of Norway and people from 1908.
- Researching Ellis Island? See our extraordinary documents from an immigrant in 1923.
High Resolution Images and Reprints
We supply high-resolution images to production companies, authors, and genealogist like you - of historical documents including passenger lists, brochures, photographs, and other materials form the 1800s through 1954. Contact us for Details at info@gjenvick.com
