Card, trade: Hamburg American Packet Co's Piers, Hoboken, N.J. Hammonia (1884).

Name/Title

Card, trade: Hamburg American Packet Co's Piers, Hoboken, N.J. "Hammonia" (1884).

Entry/Object ID

2014.013.0001

Scope and Content

Trade card: Hamburg American Packet Co's Piers, Hoboken, N.J. "Hammonia" (1884). Chromolithographed card, 3-1/2" high x 6-1/4" wide. Printed text in black on back. Printer: The Major & Knapp Lith. Co. N.Y. Back has promotional text about sailings along with a calendar for 1884. Issued by C.B. Richard & Co., General Passenger Agents, 61 Broadway, New York; J.F. Meinke & Co., General Passenger Agents for the Pacific Coast, 401 California St. (first story), San Francisco, Cal. The Hoboken headhouse and piers (called then Hamburg Pier) are depicted which was their American home port. The steamship, S.S. Hammonia, is shown at the right. It was the Hammonia (3) which went into service in 1881. Note that it had both sail and steam power. ---- Hamburg-American Line / Hamburg-America Line / HAPAG / ocean / ship

Acquisition

Accession

2014.013

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1884 - 1884

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1884 Date(s): 1884

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Exhibition 2014: Hoboken, Ellis Island, and the Immigrant Experience, 1892-1924 ==== ==== Text on back: Hamburg American Packet Company Semi-weekly line between NEW YORK and HAMBURG, TOUCHING on the outward trip at PLYMOUTH (for London and Paris); and RETURNING, at HAVRE for passengers from Paris, London and Southampton. The magnificent iron mail steamers of this well-known Line NEW YORK: THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS. LEAVE: HAMBURG: WEDNESDAYS AND SUNDAYS. HAVRE: FRIDAYS AND TUESDAYS. They surpass anything offered on transatlantic steamers in regard to accommodation, comfort and cuisine. RATES LOWER THAN BY ANY OTHER FIRST CLASS LINE. Calendar - 1884 ---- C.B. Richard & Co., Gen. Pass. Agents, 61 Broadway, New York J.F. Meinke & Co., Gen. Pass. Agents for the Pacific Coast, 401 California St. (first story), San Francisco, Cal. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-02-25