SS City of Berlin Vaccination Card - 1893
Front Side of Vaccination Certificate Card, Issued by the American Line to I. O. Kilgarriff on 6 March 1893, a Passenger on the SS City of Berlin. The Passenger must keep this card to avoid detention by Quarantine in New York or while traveling by Rail or Steamers in the United States. GG Archives Immigration Primary Source Collection. GGA Image ID # 14d7631859
This Card was given to a passenger to provide evidence of that passenger's vaccination for smallpox in 1893. UK Immigrant I. Kilgarriff received this Card from the Surgeon on board the SS City of Berlin of the American Line on a voyage from Southampton to New York.
The Vaccination Card dated 6 March 1893 was signed by the Surgeon (illegible signature). This voyage should have been listed in the Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals.
Back Side of Vaccination Certificate Card, Issued by the American Line to I. O. Kilgarriff on 5 March 1893, a Passenger on the SS City of Berlin. The Passenger must keep this card to avoid detention by Quarantine in New York or while traveling by Rail or Steamers in the United States. Text in English, German, and Danish. GG Archives Immigration Primary Source Collection. GGA Image ID # 14d79a13b3
There are strict quarantine regulations regarding the examination of immigrants to see that they are protected from smallpox by vaccination and that only those persons who hold a certificate from a medical officer of the steamship stating that they are so protected are permitted to land without detention in quarantine or vaccination by the port (or ship's) physician.
Information About the Card
- Title: Vaccination. Protected
- Issued By: American Line: Southampton - New York Service
- Vessel: City of Berlin
- Passenger: I. O. Kilgarriff
- Dated: 6 March 1893
- Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.2 cm
