Steerage Passenger Lists

 

Steerage souvenir passenger lists are exceedingly rare. With few exceptions, most steamship lines did not produce passenger lists for steerage passengers, as immigrants were unlikely to be a regular customer, nor was there any demand for a souvenir of a voyage that likely was less than pleasant.

Examples of Steerage Passenger Lists:

 

Front Cover, SS Hohenzollern Passenger List 20 April 1881

1981-04-20SS Hohenzollern Passenger List

  • Cruise Line: North German Lloyd
  • Ship: SS Hohenzollern
  • Class of Passengers: Steerage
  • Date of Departure: 20 April 1881
  • Route: Bremen to Baltimore
  • Commander: Captain R. Sander

 

Passenger Manifest of the Steamer Lessing of the Hamburg Amerika Linie, 1881

1881-08-24 SS Lessing Passenger List

  • Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
  • Class of Passengers: Cabin and Steerage
  • Date of Departure: 24 August 1881
  • Route: Hamburg to New York
  • Commander: Captain Voss

 

1883-11-04 Passenger Manifest of SS Silesia

1883-11-04 SS Silesia Passenger List

  • Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
  • Class of Passengers: Cabin and Steerage
  • Date of Departure: 4 November 1883
  • Route: Hamburg to New York
  • Commander: Captain Heinrich H. Barends

 

1885-06-03 Voyage of the SS Ems

1885-06-03 SS Ems Passenger List

  • Cruise Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
  • Ship: SS Ems
  • Class of Passengers: Cabin and Steerage
  • Date of Departure: 3 June 1885
  • Route: Bremen to New York
  • Commander: Captain W. Willigerod

 

1888-11-14 Ships List - SS Lahn

1888-11-14 SS Lahn Passenger List

  • Cruise Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd)
  • Ship: SS Lahn
  • Class of Passengers: Steerage
  • Date of Departure: 14 November 1888
  • Route: Bremen to New York
  • Commander: Captain H. Hellmers

 

1894-08-28 Voyage of the SS Lahn

1894-08-28 SS Lahn Passenger List

  • Cruise Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
  • Ship: SS Lahn
  • Class of Passengers: Steerage
  • Date of Departure: 28 August 1894
  • Route: Bremen to New York
  • Commander: Captain H. Hellmers

 

1895-09-07 Voyage of the SS Ems

1895-09-07 SS Ems Passenger List

  • Cruise Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
  • Ship: SS Ems
  • Class of Passengers: Steerage
  • Date of Departure: 7 September 1895
  • Route: Bremen to New York
  • Commander: Captain W. Reimkasten

 

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