Prepaid Steerage Steamship Ticket - 1880 White Star Line
White Star Line Agent's Record for Prepaid Steerage Passage for One Adult, UK to New York or Boston (Plus Rail to Scranton, PA). GGA Image ID # 12d40cad9a
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.
Information Digitized from Ticket
Ticket Number: 40915
White Star Line
Steerage Prepaid
Agents' Record
Date Sold: 29 May 1880
Name of Intending Passenger: John Price; Age: 43
One Adult Zero Child Zero Infant
Amount Received, including Fare from Cardiff to Scranton? $ 32.00
Deduct Agent's Commission $2.30
Net [ To White Star Line ]: 29.70
Purchased by Abraham Price
Address: Hyde Park [NY]
Date Remitted: 4 June 1880
Vertical handwritten note: $29.30 Paid by 1st Nat Check No. 13, June 8, 1880
Passenger Record
- First Name : John
- Last Name : Price
- Nationality : England
- Place of Birth : England
- Date of Arrival : 1881
- Age at Arrival : 45
- Gender : Male
- Ship of Travel : Germanic
- Manifest Line Number : 8
Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value
In 2013, the relative value of $32.00 from 1880 ranges from $677.00 to $51,300.00.
Samuel H. Williamson, "Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to present," MeasuringWorth, 2014.
