Austrian Immigrant Inspection Card - 1912 - Hamburg Amerika Linie

This is a fine example of an Immigrants and Steerage Passengers' Inspection Card issued by the Hamburg-American Line for an Austrian Immigrant on board the S.S. President Grant that departed from Hamburg, Germany on 24 April 1912 arriving in New York on 7 May 1912. Passed American Ellis Island Inspectors on 8 May 1912.

Front of Immigrant Inspection Card

Hamburg-Amerika Linie

Inspection Card

(Immigrants and Steerage Passengers)

Port of Departure: Hamburg

Date of Departure: 24 April 1912

Name of Ship: President Grant

Name of Immigrant: Anna Grimko (note 1)

Last Residence: Austria

Inspected and Passed at: U.S. Consulate General - Hamburg - Passed (Seal)

Passed at Quarantine, Port of [New York], May 8 1912

Ship's List or Manifest 21 No. on Ship's List or Manifest 8 (Page 21, Line 8)

Berth No. ____

Steamship Inspection 12 Days (Crossed out by ship's surgeon on daily inspection)

Reverse side of Immigrant Inspection Card

Vaccinated (Signature or Stamp) President Grant

Keep this card to avoid detention at Quarantine and on railroads in the United States.

Notice translated in German, French, Dutch, Italian, Czech, and Slovak (note 1)

Note 1: Archives patron, V. Kralicek, provided corrections to the transcribed name and the languages the above phrase (Keep this card...) was translated into. (27 September 2011)