Passengers boarding boat "Kaiser Wilhelm II", New York – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Passengers boarding boat "Kaiser Wilhelm II", New York in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Passengers boarding boat "Kaiser Wilhelm II", New York
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Passengers are shown boarding the *Kaiser Wilhelm II*, a North German Lloyd liner that carried travelers between Bremen and New York in the early twentieth century. The ship was among the large German passenger steamers of its era, when transatlantic crossings were the main way to reach America and the gangways were busy with emigrants, business travelers and tourists. The photograph comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, whose news photographers documented New York's waterfront and its ships. The exact date is not recorded, so the scene is best read as a general picture of ocean travel before the First World War.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,772 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-1790 |
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