Passage Tickets & Contracts - 1900s

All Passage Contracts & Tickets For the 1900s Available at the GG Archives. These unique contracts represent primary source documents of the voyage of many immigrants. Our collection includes a variety of types and classes and provides an invaluable account of the cost of passage.

Original Steamship Ticket Contract from Gothenburg, Sweden to New York, 3rd Class Steerage Immigrant Ester Hilma Maria Magnuson of Stockholm on the White Star Line.

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1902-11-14 Passage Contract - Gothenburg to New York via Hull and Liverpool

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 14 November 1902
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Steamship: RMS Celtic
Route: Gothenburg to New York via Hull and Liverpool
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Steerage
Name on Contract: Ester Helbana Magnuson (Ester H Maria Magnuson)
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Swedish
Contract Terms: Translated from Swedish
Cost of Ticket: 118.00 SEK / £721.00 GBP in 2021

His passage took him from Frederikshavn to Liverpool by steamship; Liverpool to Boston in the Cunard Steamship Saxonia; and train fare from Boston to West Branch, PA.

The Bottom half of the Passage Contract is missing but contained the terms of the voyage. I suspect the this passenger traveled in Steerage.

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1903-04-21 Passage Contract - Frederikshavn to Boston via Liverpool

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 21 April 1903
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Steamship: SS Saxonia
Route: Frederikshavn to Boston via Liverpool
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Steerage?
Name on Contract: Kristian Johannes Janson Sogen
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Danish
Contract Terms: Not Stated
Cost of Ticket: 195 DKK / $1,570.00 USD in 2020

Third Class Prepaid Steamship Ticket / Passage Certificate for a family of three from Northern Ireland in 1903. They arrived in New York in August 1903 aboard the Anchor Line SS Columbia.

Arrival Records for both passengers and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations are included.

1903 Prepaid Passage Certificate - Derry (Londonderry) To New York

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 8 June 1903
Steamship Line: Anchor Line
Steamship: SS Columbia
Route: Derry (Londonderry) To Rochester PA via New York
Ticket Type: Prepaid Passage Certificate
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Robert Langan, Margaret Langan, and Robert John Langan
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Irish
Contract Terms: Limited
Cost of Ticket: $75.10 / $2,280.00 USD in 2020

This is an original steamship contract, List 16, No. 9/14, Berzeichniß No. 540/54 dated 6 July 1904 Between the Hamburg America 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 SS Hamburg. They arrived in New York on 17 July 1904.

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1904-07-06 Passage Contract - Hamburg to New York

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 6 July 1904
Steamship Line: Hamburg America Line
Steamship: SS Hamburg
Route: Hamburg to New York
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Third Class / Steerage
Name on Contract: Sloma Breitmann and Family
Etnicity of Passenger(s): German
Contract Terms: In German, Not Translated
Cost of Ticket: 600 DEM / $4,260.00 USD in 2020

Steamship Ticket Record - Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Limited - Counterpart of Steerage Passenger's Contract Ticket, RMS Arundale Castle, Southampton to Cape Town dated 8 October 1904.

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1904-10-08 Passage Record - Southampton to Capetown

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 8 October 1904
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Limited
Steamship: RMS Arundel Castle
Route: Southampton to Capetown
Ticket Type: Passage Record
Voyage Class: Steerage
Name on Contract: Wm. G. Parker and Herbert Kerr
Etnicity of Passenger(s): British or South African
Contract Terms: Limited
Cost of Ticket: £ 33 : 12s : 0d / £3,701.00 GBP in 2020

In this case, based on the transciption of the Passenger Manifest, Jens Julius Skafte was a Norwegian immigrant who had settled in Albert Lea, Minnesota and was returning to the United States from Scandinavia.

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1905-03-11 Passage Contract - Copenhagen to Boston

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 11 March 1905 / 6 April 1905
Steamship Line: Cunard Steam Ship Company, Limited
Steamship: RMS Ivernia
Route: Copenhagen to Albert Lea, MN via Liverpool and Boston
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Not Stated
Name on Contract: Jens Julius Skafte
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Norwegian
Contract Terms: Limited Translated from Danish
Cost of Ticket: 218.20 DKK / $1,760.00 USD in 2020

Original Steerage Passenger's Steamship Ticket Contract 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.

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1906-11-17 Passage Contract - Southampton to Natal

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 17 November 1906
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd
Steamship: RMS Halmer Castle
Route: Southampton to Natal, South Africa
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Steerage
Name on Contract: Walter Bayley
Etnicity of Passenger(s): British or South African
Contract Terms: In English -- Transcribed
Cost of Ticket: £ 19 : 19s : 0d / £2,194.00 GBP in 2020

Steamship 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.

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1907-07-26 Agent's Record - Boston to Londonderry

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 26 July 1907
Steamship Line: Allan Line
Steamship: SS Laurentian
Route: Boston to Londonderry
Ticket Type: Agent's Record
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Mary McGovern
Etnicity of Passenger(s): American?
Contract Terms: Limited
Cost of Ticket: $26.50 / $753.00 USD in 2020

Third Class Counterpart Steamship Ticket Issued to F. R. Peverall by the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company on 16 September 1907 for Third Class passage on the SS Garka.

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1907-09-16 Counterpart Passage Contract - Capetown to England

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 16 September 1907
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company
Steamship: SS Garka
Route: Capetown to England
Ticket Type: Counterpart Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Mr. F. R. Peverall
Etnicity of Passenger(s): British or South African
Contract Terms: Transcribed
Cost of Ticket: £10 10s 0d / £1,136.00 GBP in 2020

Steerage Prepaid Passage Contract issued by the Hamburg America Line for passage from Hamburg, Germany to New York and a Train from New York to Ellsworth, Minnesota for a German Immigrant Family.

Arrival Records for the Weise Family and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations are included.

1907-11-20 Prepaid Passage Contract - Hamburg (Cuxhaven) to New York