Name/Title
U.S. Passport of Gottlieb Zeh, 1855Entry/Object ID
1996.66.5Description
ACC. No. 96.66.5
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda (Zeh, Gottlieb & Family)
Date or Period: 1855
Object: Document
Description: Document printed in black ink on heavy buff paper, on one side. A segment (about: L-1 x W-4 in.) is missing from the top right section. Some tears occur along the creasing which have been partially mended by Scotch tape. An embossed official seal is affixed to the lower margin, with sealing wax remnants on verso. Verso has also ink notations, as well as two official hand stamps in black ink issued by police authorities in Belgium(?) and France. Document is folded into five sections.
Size: (Overall): L-13 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
History of Object: Passport issued by the U.S. Consulate in Bremen to Gottlieb Zeh, June 6, 1855.
Acquired from: Charles M. Loring (1966)
Date: 2/17/96
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged
