Aaron, Dan, his younger brother Franz, and their father Albert Aaron on the ship “Königstein” en route to America, 1937Dan Aaron (left), his younger brother Franz, and their father Albert Aaron on the ship “Königstein” en route to America,…
Abschied der Auswanderer (emigrants‘ farewell), painting by Antoine Volkmar, 1860Abschied der Auswanderer (emigrants‘ farewell), painting by Antoine Volkmar, 1860.
Cramer Samuels, Charlotte and Donald Samuels, aboard the S.S. Reliance en route from Hamburg to New York, October 1924Charlotte Cramer Samuels and Donald Samuels (married September 12, 1924 in Berlin-Dahlem), aboard the S.S. Reliance en route from Hamburg…
Crowd in front of the Palestine & Orient Lloyd travel office, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Jan. 1939Crowd in front of the Palestine & Orient Lloyd travel office, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Jan. 1939.
Drawing of German emigrants aboard the ship “Samuel Hop” bound for America, circa 1850Drawing of German emigrants aboard the ship “Samuel Hop” bound for America, circa 1850
German Emigrants Embark on a Hamburg Steamship Bound for New York, 1874By the time Emil Boas joined his uncle’s emigrant agency in 1873, the business model of cheaply transporting large numbers…
Hotel Cecil and the Hotel Savoy with Cleopatra's Needle and the embankment along the Thames River, London, England, ca. 1901Hotel Cecil and the Hotel Savoy with Cleopatra's Needle and the embankment along the Thames River, London, England. American Stereoscopic…
Immigrants arriving at Castle Garden, New York City, 1866Immigrants arriving at Castle Garden, New York City, 1866. Wood engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 20 January 1866, vol.…
Jesselson, Michael, Daniel, and Benjamin in NeckarbischofsheimMichael, Daniel, and Benjamin Jesselson in Neckarbischofsheim, their father’s place of birth. From a birthday booklet commemorating Ludwig Jesselson’s sixtieth…
Jewish emigrés aboard the RhakotisJewish emigrés aboard the Rhakotis, which took refugees from the St. Louis whom Britain agreed to allow to emigrate
Jewish family's possessions boxed up for shipping to the United States, 1939A photograph by the German government news agency of a "Jewish family"'s possessions boxed up for shipping to the United…
Mannhardt, Christian Luis portrait, 1804C.L. Mannhardt, of Maulbronn, Württemberg, was part of a new generation of German immigrants who took advantage of the rising…
Poles and Russians Immigrating to America, ca. 1905Polish and Russian passengers ride in the steerage of a ship heading to America from Europe in the early 1900s.…
Simon family in New York en route to San Francisco after fleeing Germany, November 1938The Simon family fled Germany and were photographed in New York in November 1938 en route to San Francisco
Spiegel, Marcus PortraitAs a young man, Marcus Spiegel (1829-64) fought in the Revolution of 1848 in the German states. After immigrating to…
Steamship “Deutschland” broke the record set by “Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse” for fastest crossing timeThis cutaway profile shows the various sections of the ship, and types of passenger accommodations. Many immigrants taking German ships…
TSS Statendam, the ship with which Otto Bettmann arrived in the United States in 1935Postcard of the TSS Statendam, the ship with which Otto Bettmann arrived in the United States in 1935