Steerage Passengers on an Emigrant Ship (1847)

Abstract

This colored wood engraving from 1847 shows emigrants on board a ship taking them to their new home. Most emigrants traveled as steerage passengers, an uncomfortable but inexpensive travel option.

 

Source

Source: “Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship,” woodcut, 1847, Historisches Museum Bremerhaven.

© Historisches Museum Bremerhaven

Steerage Passengers on an Emigrant Ship (1847), published in: German History Intersections, <https://germanhistory-intersections.org/en/migration/ghis:image-107> [October 24, 2024].