Emigrants on the move

Allan Line steamship boarding emigrants on the river Mersey off Liverpool. The crowd of emigrants are seen boarding the tender to be taken out to the...

Old engraving showing passengers disembarking from the ship after the arrival to New York. This image was printed Scribner's Magazine 1891. The...

Old engraving showing a scene between decks (steerage) in an emigrant ship at feeding time. The engraving was printed in The Graphic, November 30,...

A Wilson Line steamship departing Christiania (now Oslo) Norway with emigrants. A great number of people are seen at the quay taking farewell as the...

Old engraving showing the embarkation of emigrants at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool 1850. This engraving was printed in the London Illustrated News 1850,...

Old engraving showing the mess room at the emigrant depot at Birkenhead. Image description: The large and well ventilated dining hall, showing...

Old engraving showing a scene between decks on an emigrant ship. An interesting view of the conditions and daily life activities of steerage...

Old engraving showing emigrants dancing on deck of an emigrant ship in the 1880-ies. The image is scanned from an old booklet issued by the Danish...

Old engraving showing a scene on the quay in Cork, Ireland as emigrants have arrived and are waiting to embark a ship. This engraving was printed in...

Emigrants departing from their temporary lodging (Auswandererhallen verlassend) to embark the Hamburg America Line steamship in Hamburg. This image...

An emigrant family leaving their home at Odda - Siljestad, Hardanger - Norway. This photo was issued as a postcard.

Emigrants enjoying their coffee on the deck of a Hamburg America Line steamship (Beim Kaffeeklatsch). This image is from an old postcard. For more...

"Birds of Passage" on an emigrant ship at Dover. This image shows a group of steerage female emigrants segregated on the deck of an emigrant...

French Line steamship built 1912. This ship ran with emigrants and other passengers between Havre and New York via Plymouth for the C.G.T - Compagnie...

This image shows a steamship belonging to the Inman Line at the company piers at new York. The steerage passengers are transferred to steamboats to...

Old engraving showing Irish emigrants leaving home and on their way receiving the priest's blessing. This engraving was printed in the London...

Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship built 1897 at Stettin by AG Vulcan. This image shows steerage passengers gathered on the deck of the ship, some appears...

Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship built 1897 at Stettin by AG Vulcan. This ship was a record breaker and sailed with emigrants and other passengers...

Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship built 1897 at Stettin by AG Vulcan. This ship was a record breaker and sailed with emigrants and other passengers...

Passengers embarking the steamship for New York at Copenhagen. This image is from an old photo postcard. "Skandinavien-Amerika Linien - Passagererne...

Scandinavian America Line steamship with passengers gathered on the 3rd class (steerage) promenade deck. This image is from an old postcard....

Old engraving is showing a scene on the quarter deck of an emigrant ship. It is tilted: "Quarter-deck if an emigrant ship - the roll-call. This...

Steerage passengers on deck of the Saxonia (1), Cunard Line steamship built 1899 at Glasgow by John Brown Co. Ltd. The Saxonia sailed with emigrants...

Old engraving showing a scene between decks on an emigrant ship. An interesting view of the conditions and daily life activities of steerage...

The steerage on a North German Lloyd steamship - Im Zwischendeck, NORDD. LLOYD - BREMEN

The inner of an emigrant ship ca. 1858, steerage passengers are seen on the "tweendeck" - "Auswanderungsschiff innere"

This picture is showing steerage passengers on deck of a steamship 1870. This engraving was printed in the Harpers Weekly 1870, it measures ca. 22 x...

Steerage passengers on deck of an emigrant steamship mid-ocean. "Bound for the Land of Liberty". This image is from an old postcard.

Emigrants traveling as steerage passengers seen on the crowded deck deck of a Hamburg America Line steamship.

Steerage passengers on the fore-deck of the North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II. "Schnelldampfer Kaiser Wilhelm II,...

Steerage passengers on the Hamburg America Line steamship Moltke. This photo was taken as the ship was approaching the Hamburg America Line pier. For...

A preacher conducting a Sunday Service for the steerage passengers on a Wilson Line steamer on way from Gothenburg to Hull.

Hamburg America Line steamship built 1913 at Hamburg by Blohm Voss. On this image we can se a large crowd on steerage passengers on the deck of the...