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Passage Tickets & Contracts - 1910s

All Passage Contracts & Tickets for the 1910s 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.

Memorandum of a Steamship Ticket Issued By The Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd. For Third Class Passage By Cunard Line of Mail Steamers From Liverpool to New York.

Includes Arrival Record and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1910-06-04 Purchaser Receipt - Liverpool to New York

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 4 June 1910
Steamship Line: Cunard Steam Ship Company, Ltd.
Steamship: RMS Campania
Route: Liverpool to New York
Ticket Type: Purchaser Receipt
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Henry Youds
Etnicity of Passenger(s): British
Contract Terms: Limited
Cost of Ticket: $37.75 / $1,060.00 USD in 2020

Steamship Ticket / passage contract for a 38 year old Italian immigrant from Aoste, Italy for a voyage to the United Staes in October 1910 on the SS Chicago of the CGT French Line.

Includes Arrival Records for all family members, coversion from French Franc to USD and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1910-10-12 Passage Contract - Le Havre to New York

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 3 July 1910 / 12 October 1910
Steamship Line: CGT French Line
Steamship: SS Chicago
Route: Le Havre to New York
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Théodule Vial
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Italian
Contract Terms: Translated from French
Cost of Ticket: 580.00 Fr + $39.60 USD / $4,250.00 USD in 2021

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

Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1910-12-21 Passage Contract - Sydney to Melbourne

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 21 December 1910
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Steamship: SS Persic
Route: Sydney to Melbourne, Australia
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: W. G. Stevens
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Australian
Contract Terms: Transcribed
Cost of Ticket: £1 10s 0d / £156.50 GBP in 2020

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

Includes Record of Passage to America under this Contract, Information about Purchaser of Steerage Passage, and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1912-01-13 Prepaid Passage Contract - Hamburg to New York

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 13 January 1912
Steamship Line: Hamburg America Line
Steamship: SS President Lincoln
Route: Hamburg to McKeesport, PA via New York
Ticket Type: Prepaid Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Steerage
Name on Contract: Matthäus Florek
Etnicity of Passenger(s): German
Contract Terms: Transcribed
Cost of Ticket: $53.00 / $1,460.00 USD in 2020

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

Inbound Passenger Records for Jessie M. Clerihew and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations are included.

1912-05-06 Passage Receipt - New York to Glasgow

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 6 May 1912 / 18 May 1912
Steamship Line: Anchor Line Steamships Company
Steamship: SS California
Route: New York to Glasgow
Ticket Type: Passage Receipt
Voyage Class: Second Class
Name on Contract: Jessie M. Clerihew
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Scottish
Contract Terms: Not Stated
Cost of Ticket: $50.00 / $1,380.00 USD in 2020

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.

Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1912-06-03 Agent's Receipt and Record - Boston to Liverpool

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 3 June 1912 / 25 June 1912
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Steamship: SS Laconia
Route: Boston to Liverpool
Ticket Type: Agent's Receipt and Record
Voyage Class: Second Cabin
Name on Contract: James Bartholomew
Etnicity of Passenger(s): British?
Contract Terms: Not Stated
Cost of Ticket: $52.50 / $1,450.00 USD in 2020

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.

Includes Ellis Island Passenger Record of Arrival.

1912-08-10 Passage Contract - Antwerp to New York

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 10 August 1912
Steamship Line: Red Star Line
Steamship: RMS Zeeland
Route: Antwerp to New York
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Josef Aronawitz
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Russian
Contract Terms: Translated from Dutch
Cost of Ticket: Not Stated

Agent's Record of a Third Class -Steerage Steamship Ticket for one adult and one child from Liverpool, England to New York on the Cunard Steamship SS Laconia.

Includes Extract from Ships' Passenger Manifest and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1912-08-10 Agent's Record - Liverpool to New York

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 10 August 1912 / 20 August 1912
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Steamship: RMS Laconia
Route: Liverpool to New York
Ticket Type: Agent's Record
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Mrs. A. Ambler and Ethel Ambler
Etnicity of Passenger(s): British
Contract Terms: Not Stated
Cost of Ticket: $52.50 / $1,450.00 USD in 2020

Very rare receipt for Emigrant Tickets purchased for travel on the Great Western Railway from F. C. Cooper & Co., Stourbridge, for Steerage Passengers Mr. & Mrs. Asbury from Kidderminster to Paddington Station in London to board the RMS Arawa bound for New Zealand.

1912-08-14 Railway Ticket - Kidderminster to Paddington Station in London

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 14 August 1912
Steamship Line: Great Western Railway
Steamship: N/A
Route: Kidderminster to Paddington Station in London
Ticket Type: Railway Ticket
Voyage Class: Steerage
Name on Contract: Mr. & Mrs. Asbury
Etnicity of Passenger(s): New Zealanders
Contract Terms: Not Stated
Cost of Ticket: Not Stated

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.

Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1912-11-15 Counterpart Passage Receipt - Port Said to Delagoa Bay

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 15 November 1912
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co.
Steamship: RMS Dunvegan Castle
Route: Port Said to Delagoa Bay
Ticket Type: Counterpart Passage Receipt
Voyage Class: Deck Class
Name on Contract: Mr. S. Peroganakis
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Unknown
Contract Terms: Transcribed
Cost of Ticket: £11 - 0s - 0d / £1,113.00 GBP in 2020

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

Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1913-05-13 Agents' Record - Boston to Queenstown (Cobh)

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 13 May 1913
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Steamship: SS Laconia
Route: Boston to Queenstown (Cobh)
Ticket Type: Agents' Record
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Beatrice Gilligan
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Irish?
Contract Terms: Not Stated
Cost of Ticket: $35.00 / $944.00 USD in 2020

Third Class Prepaid Steamship Ticket - Agents Record, RMS Laconia 1913 from Liverpool to Boston. Fares totaled $39.

Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1913-06-03 Agent's Record - Liverpool to Boston

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 3 June 1913 / 10 June 1913
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Steamship: RMS Laconia
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Ticket Type: Agents Record
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Mary Ellen McGuire
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Irish
Contract Terms: Not Stated
Cost of Ticket: $39.00 / $1,050.00 USD in 2020

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

Includes List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival and Coversion of NOK to USD in 1921 and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1913-06-05 Passage Contract - Trondhjem to Boston via Hull and Liverpool

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 5 June 1913
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Steamship: RMS Laconia
Route: Trondhjem to Boston via Hull and Liverpool
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Third class or Steerage
Name on Contract: Ludvig Kristian Gjønvik
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Norwegian
Contract Terms: Translated from Norwegian
Cost of Ticket: 244.00 NOK / $1,690.00 USD in 2020

Steamship Ticket 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.

Swedish Emigration Register, Departing Passenger List from Gothenburg, Petition for Naturalization, World War I Draft Registration Card, and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations are included.

1914-04-10 Passage Contract - Gothenburg to Boston via Hull and Liverpool

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 10 April 1914
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Steamship: RMS Carmania
Route: Gothenburg to Boston via Hull and Liverpool
Ticket Type: Passage Contract
Voyage Class: Third Class
Name on Contract: Alfred Person
Etnicity of Passenger(s): Swedish
Contract Terms: Translated from Swedish
Cost of Ticket: 178.50 SEK / $1,250.00 USD in 2020

Westbound Steamship Ticket Order from the Donaldson Line for Second Cabin Passenger Miss Ruth Immel, departing on the SS Cassandra from Glasgow to Montreal.

Includes List of Border Crossings from Canada to the United States and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

1914-07-08 Agent's Record - Glasgow to Montreal

Date of Purchase / Voyage: 8 July 1914 / 29 August 1914
Steamship Line: Donaldson Line
Steamship: SS Cassandra
Route: Glasgow to Montreal
Ticket Type: Agent's Record
Voyage Class: Second Cabin
Name on Contract: Miss Ruth Immel
Etnicity of Passenger(s): American
Contract Terms: Not Stated
Cost of Ticket: $47.60 / $1,270.00 USD in 2020

Fabre Line Third Class Passage Contract for the SS Patria, Departing from New York to Naples Dated 2 September 1915. Boarding pass for 3rd class seats From New York to Naples With the "Patria" French flag steam (size, speed and duration of the trip as above), departing on 2/9 1915, for Naples.

1915-08-02 Passage Contract - Melbourne to London