Auswandererhafen Hamburg
Subtitle: Emigration port Hamburg
By: [mit Texten von Matthias Schmoock ; English version, Mike Landshut, Amber Froland]
Contributors: Hamburg (Germany). Staatliche Pressestelle
Edition: 2., überarbeitete Aufl.
Publisher: Schubert
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hamburg
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: Exhibitions; Emigration and immigration; History
Other titles: Emigration port Hamburg
Description: This illustrated book depicts the immigrant experience of your ancestors at one of the major ports of emigration in Europe: Hamburg. The quality of the pictures illustrates how people arrived at the port, were processed, boarded the ship and located a place in steerage for their trip out of Europe. There are sample posters, tickets, menus, and many cartoons that caricaturize the immigrants.
Notes: Exhibition held by the Staatliche Pressestelle der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg on the museum ship Cap San Diego in Hamburg harbor until 2005.

German and English.