Passport of Pasquale Percoco and family, of Lagonegro, Italy, for travel to United States, May 27, 1896.
Entry/Object ID
2014.021.0006
Scope and Content
Passport of Pasquale Percoco and family, of Lagonegro, Italy, for travel to United States, May 27, 1896.
Printed certificate, 11-1/2" x 15" high, with holographic entries; inkstamps and printed revenue stamp (Umberto I Re Italia, Passaporto). All text in Italian (untranslated). Creased and worn.
Percoco was 24 years old. The passport included Francese and Antonio. They left from Naples and arrived as a passengers in steerage on S.S. Elysia (Anchor Line) at Ellis Island as immigrants on July 2, 1896.
Note there is printed text on the back with several paragraphs regarding emigration to America and a paragraph about Ellis Island and New York.
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travel / transportation / immigration
Acquisition
Accession
2014.021
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1896 - 1896
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1896
Date(s): 1896
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
General Notes
Note
Notes: This Pasquale Percoco is NOT the same Pasquale Percoco whose military grave is recorded as in Somme, France (served in U.S. Army: Private, 180 Infantry Regiment, 27th Division; died Sept. 8, 1918).
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Exhibition 2014: Hoboken, Ellis Island, and the Immigrant Experience, 1892-1924
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-05-09
