Steamship Tickets, Immigrant Steamship Passage Contracts Archives 1800s – 1950s

Steamship Ticket for Passage for Mr. Nicholas Fish on the Packet Ship Yorkshire, 1859, Black Ball Line

This is an 1859 Ticket for Passage on the Black Ball Line Packet Ship Yorkshire for Nicholas Fish, a Famous American (1846-1902) and famous American family. A well-preserved historical document.

Certificate For Passage - Steamship Ticket, Anchor Line, Glasgow To New York, 1873

We have this day issued Certificate for Passage of Mrs. Andrew Fair from Glasgow to New York. Should the Certificate not be used, the money will be refunded, less 10 per cent on presentation of this memorandum and the Certificate twelve months from the Date hereof.

Memorandum of Draft - White Star Line - Mrs. Frank McGuire - 1880

A Memorandum of a Draft like the one shown below from 1880 was used as a receipt - often for funds sent to immigrants still in the Old Country waiting to come to America.

Steamship Ticket, White Star Line, Steerage Prepaid - 1880

This is the Agent's Record for a Prepaid passage on a White Star Line Steamship for passage from Cardiff, Whales, UK to Scranton PA via Steerage class in 1880.

1880 Steamship Ticket, Passenger Contract - Sweden to America, Cunard Line

I the undersigned, Ch. A. Berglund, hereby engage to forward the herein mentioned emigrants from Gothenburg to Boston Mass. for the sum of $ 30, being payment in full, inclusive landing expenses in America.

Prepaid Steerage Passage, German Immigrant Family, 1883, North German Lloyd

Received from Carl Nutchen the sum of Seventy-Two Dollars for the passage of Bealle Nutchen & party, as one in steerage of one of the Steamers of the North German Lloyd from Bremen to New York.

Prepaid Passage Receipt - 3rd Class Voyage, Bremen to New York, 1891

Keep this Receipt, as unless it is returned, there can be no rotund of the money. In the event of a refund. the customary deduction will be made. No refund to be made until this certificate is canceled on the books of the Norddeutscher Lloyd in Bremen.

Passenger Contract - Interims Billet - Cunard Line - Rotterdam to New York - 1895

This is the original steamship contract for passage for a German Immigrant, Heinrich Hermes, a 21 year-old laborer who undertook the voyage in steerage.

Immigrant Passage Contract - Sweden to New York, Cunard Line Campania 1897

Steamship passage contract for a 25 year-old Swedish servant, immigrating to America from Gothenburg, Sweden on 7 April 1897.

Prepaid Steamship Ticket Memorandum, American Line, 1897

This is a 1897 Memorandum (Ticket Receipt) for a Prepaid Second Cabin passage on the American Line Steamship St. Louis for Passenger R. L. Laplace. The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives also has the passenger list for the voyage this ticket was purchased for.

Prepaid Second Cabin Steamship Ticket Memorandum - 1898

This receipt was prepared by the ticket agent and represent the left side of the prepaid steamship passage contract that would have been forwarded to the immigrants named in the contract.

Steamship Passenger Contract, Swedish Immigrant, Gothenburg to New York, 1902

Original Steamship Contract from Gothenburg, Sweden to New York, 3rd Class Steerage Immigrant Ester Hilma Maria Magnuson of Stockholm on the White Star Line. Included the detachable receipt located on the right hand side (panel).

1903 Prepaid Passage Certificate - Third Class - Derry [Londonderry] to Rochester PA

Prepaid Passage Certificate for a family of three from Northern Ireland in 1903. They arrived in New York in August 1903 aboard the Anchor Line S.S. Columbia.

Steamship Ticket, Immigrant Family - 1904 - Hamburg American Line

This is an original steamship contract, List 16, No. 9/14, Berzeichniß No. 540/54 dated 6 July 1904 Between the Hamburg-American Line and The Breitmann Family consisting of two adults and four children of Russian Hebrew descent, for third class passage from Hamburg to New York aboard the S.S. Hamburg.

Steamship Ticket Record - Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Limited 1904

1904-10-08 Steamship Ticket Record - Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Limited - Counterpart of Steerage Passenger's Contract Ticket, R.M.S. Arundale Castle, Southampton to Cape Town.

Cunard Line Contract for Passage, Copenhagen to Albert Lea, Minnesota 1905

Passenger Contract for Jens Julius Skafte of Denmark for a 1905 voyage to America on the Cunard Line. The contract indicated that he was headed for Albert Lea, Minnesota as his final destination.

Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co - Steerage Passenger's Contract Ticket 1906

This is the original Steerage Passenger's Contract Ticket for a 27 year old man from Southampton, England for passage to Natal, South Africa in 1906. It provides rich details of the requirements of the steamship company in terms of food, water and other items supplied.

Eastward Passage Ticket, Allan Line, 1907, Boston to Londonderry

Passenger Ticket for a 23-year-old woman booked on the Allan Line Steamship Laurentian in 3rd Class from Boston to Londonderry leaving on 26 July 1907. This would represent the Agent's record of the transaction as it states the amount of commission earned on this ticket.

Ticket Receipt for Third Class Passage, Cunard Line, Westbound 1910

Memorandum of a Ticket Issued By The Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd. For Third Class Passage By Cunard Line of Mail Steamers From Liverpool or Queenstown to New York or Boston Or From Fiume or Trieste to New York.

Passenger's Contract Ticket, Colonial Service, White Star Line, Australia to London 1910

Third Class Passenger's Contract Ticket for a voyage on the S.S. Persic of the White Star Line from Sydney to Melbourne, Australia.

Contract for Passage, Italian Immigrant to the United States, 1910, CGT French Line

This is a passage contract for a 38 year old Italian immigrant from Aoste, Italy for a voyage to the United States in October 1910 on the S.S. Chicago of the CGT French Line. The contract was written by a Swiss Agency (Zwilchenbart) and is entirely in French with an English translation following each part.

Steerage Prepaid Passage Contract, Hamburg-American Line, 1912

Receipt for the purchase of passage from Hamburg to New York via the Hamburg-American Line with inland passage to McFreesport, Pennsylvania dated 13 January 1913.

Steamship Passenger Ticket Receipt, Anchor Line, S.S. California, 1912, Second Cabin, Eastward

Issued by the New York Office of the Anchor Line Steamships Company, this Second Cabin Ticket receipt was purchased by Jessie Clerihew for a voyage on the S.S. California on 18 May, 1912 from New York to Glasgow, Scotland.

Agent's Record, Cunard Steamship Company, Outward Second Cabin Ticket, 1912

This is the Agent's Receipt and Record of a Second Cabin Steamship Ticket for an Eastbound voyage on the new Cunard Laconia from Boston to Liverpool, England. The Agency was located in Boston, Cunard Building on 126 State Street.

Immigrant Steamship Ticket, Third (Steerage) Class, Red Star Line 1912

24 Year Old Immigrant left Belgium in 1912 for New York in Third Class (Steerage). This is the original steamship ticket for a voyage undertaken on 10 August 1912.

Agent Record of Third Class Outward Steamship Ticket, 1912, Cunard Line S.S. Laconia

This is an Agent's Record of a Third Class -Steerage Ticket for one adult and one child from Liverpool, England to New York on the Cunard Steamship S.S. Laconia (I) . Additional information and conversion to current dollar values is provided.

Deck Class Steamship Ticket, Union-Castle Line, RMS Dunvegan Castle 1912

Rare Deck Class Steamship Ticket of the Union Castle Line for passage from Port Said to Delogoa Bay on the RMS Dunvegan Castle dated 15 November 1912.

Agents' Record, Third Class Outward Passenger Ticket, Cunard Line 1913

Third Class Outward Passenger Ticket - Agents' Record for the Cunard RMS Laconia, May 13, 1913. Fare was $35

Third Class Prepaid Ticket - Agents Record, R.M.S. Laconia 1913

Third Class Prepaid Ticket - Agents Record, R.M.S. Laconia 1913 from Liverpool to Boston. Fares totaled $39 Restated to 2009 Dollars would be $871.40.

Steamship Ticket - Contract for Passage - Norwegian Immigrant - 1913

Ludvig Gjønvik was a Norwegian Immigrant to the United States in June 1913 arriving in Boston on board the R.M.S. Laconia (I) as a passenger in Steerage - Third Class. This is the contract of passage that Ludvig purchased from Olaf H. Solem.

Steerage Ticket for Passage, Swedish Immigrant, Sweden to America 1914

This is a passenger contract for a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Boston, Massachusetts for Alfred Person, 19 years of age, traveling alone. He paid SEK 178.50 for Steerage / third class accommodations.

Passengers' Contract Ticket, S.S. Euripides, Aberdeen Line of Steamships, 1921

Steamship contract ticket for Third Class Passage on a voyage of the S.S. Euripides of the Aberdeen Line from Melbourne, Australia to London departing on 21 May 1921.

Third Class Outward Passage Ticket - S.S. Mount Clinton, United American Lines (1921)

Rare Outward Bound (eastward) Passenger Steamship Ticket for Third Class accommodations on the S.S. Mount Clinton of the United American Lines on her maiden voyage to Hamburg, Germany.

Passenger Manifest, United States Mail Steamship Company, S.S. Hudson, 1921

Rare Passenger Manifest / Passage Contract for the 22 June 1922 Voyage on board the S.S. Hudson of the United States Mail Steamship Company, Inc. from Bremen to New York for Yugoslavian Immigrant Theresia Floc and Daughter.

Third Class (Steerage) Passengers' Contract Ticket, P. & O. Line, 1921

Third Class (Steerage Passengers' Contract Ticket for The Stevens Family of Four sailing on the P. & O. Line S.S. Commonwealth from the Port of London to Melbourne, Australia dated 18 August 1921.

Prepaid Certificate for Second Class Passage - Royal Mail Steam Packet Company - 1923

Very rare prepaid certificate for second class passage on the RMS Reliance of RMSP. The passage for the 18 year old German immigrant girl was paid for by a relative, Bernhard Mayer, who immigrated in 1892. The immigrant did not arrive in the United States until October 1925.

Passenger Manifest, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, SS Bremen, August 1925

Passenger Manifest - Tourist Cabin, SS Bremen, 15 August 1925 for Rosa Brise, age 50, a Citizen of the United States.

Passenger Contract - Hamburg-America Line - 1927 English Translation of German Text

This is an electronic translation of the original German text courtesy of Google language tools. Although not entirely accurate, it will give you a good idea of the content of the passenger contract.

Hamburg American Line, Contract for Third Class Passenger, 1927

This is a contract for third class passage aboard the S.S. New York of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie in 1927. The passenger's signature is difficult to read - help solve the mystery of who the passenger was.

Steamship Ticket - Third Class - United States Lines - S.S. George Washington - 1928

Third Class Passenger Ticket for a German national for a transatlantic voyage from Bremen, Germany to New York on 3 October 1928. The contract was written in both German and English.

Receipt, Intercollegiate Travel Bureau, Round-Trip Transatlantic Voyages 1932

Receipt that itemized a round-trip voyage to Europe for Mr. and Mrs. David S. Kane via the S.S. Hamburg and S.S. Deutschland of the Hamburg-American Line in 1932.

Steamship Ticket - Tourist Cabin - United States Lines S.S. Leviathan, 1932

Steamship Ticket - United States Lines, Tourist Cabin Contract Ticket, Dutch Woman, Rotterdam (Cherbourg) to New York aboard the S.S. Leviathan.

Tourist Class Contract, Norddeutcher Lloyd, S.S. Stuttgart, 1935

Tourist Class Contract on the S.S. Stuttgart of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company for a westbound voyage from Boulogne sur Mer to New York on 6 September 1935 for Mr. H. A. Hawgood. The ticket was purchased in Paris, France.

Contract for Tourist Class Passage on the Italia S.S. Rex 1935

Contract for Tourist Class Passage on the Italia S.S. Rex 1935 for a Dr. Charles Bartolomew Lombardo from Naples to New York. The contract was written with the specifications in almost microprint on the back side.