SS Hamburg - History, Accommodations, and Ephemera Collection.
All Digitized Ephemera for the SS Hamburg available at the GG Archives.
Common items of ephemera in our maritime collection include passenger lists,
brochures, event and entertainment programs, and other memorabilia
produced for a voyage or ship.
1904-07-06 Steamship Contract - Hamburg American Line.
Original steamship contract dated 6 July 1904 Between the Hamburg America Line
and The Breitmann Family consisting of two adults and four children of Russian Hebrew
descent, for third class passage from Hamburg to New York aboard the SS Hamburg.
1905-09-14 SS Hamburg Passenger List Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie
/ Hamburg American Line (HAPAG).
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin Date of Departure: 14 September
1905 Route: Hamburg to New York via Dover and Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Commander: Captain E. Burmeister HAPAG - Across the Atlantic in First Class - 1928.
Outstanding brochure from the Hamburg America Line captures the opulence
of first-class transatlantic travel in the late 1920s.
Rare interior photographs of public rooms such as the shopping plaza or
promenade make this an excellent booklet.
Ships Featured: Resolute and Reliance, New York, Hamburg,
Albert Ballin, and Deutschland.
1929-03-15 SS Hamburg Passenger List Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie
/ Hamburg American Line (HAPAG) Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin.
Date of Departure: 15 March 1929 Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and
Southampton Commander: Captain Schwamberger.
1929-04-19 SS Hamburg Passenger List Steamship Line: Hamburg
Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG) Class of Passengers:
Tourist-Third Cabin and Third Class.
1930-08-29 SS Hamburg Passenger List Steamship Line: Hamburg-Amerika Linie
/ Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin.
Date of Departure: 29 August 1930 Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton
and Cherbourg Commander: Captain Koch.
1933-07-02 SS Hamburg Luncheon Menu Vintage Luncheon Bill of Fare from
2 July 1933 on board the SS Hamburg of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie featured
Philadelphia Pepper Pot, Roast High Rib, and Viennese Makronentorte for dessert.
1933-07-02 SS Hamburg Dinner Menu.
Vintage Main Meal Bill of Fare from 2 July 1933 on board the SS Hamburg of the
Hamburg America Line featured Philadelphia Pepper Pot, Steckrübenmus - German Style
Ribs, and Viennas macro-cake for dessert.
In German with English Translation.
1934-08-30 SS Hamburg Passenger List.
Steamship Line: Hamburg-Amerika Linie / Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) Class
of Passengers: First Class and Tourist Date of Departure: 30 August 1934.
Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh
(Queenstown) Commander: Captain Koch.
1935-07-11 SS Hamburg Passenger List.
Steamship Line: Hamburg-Amerika Linie / Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) Class of
Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class Date of Departure: 11 July 1935.
Route: New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Cherbourg, and Southampton
Commander: Captain Theodore Koch.
1935-08-21 SS Hamburg Passenger List.
Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: Class Not Stated Date of Departure: 21 August 1935.
Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg Commander: Captain Th.
Koch.
1936-02-10 HAPAG-North German Lloyd - Go Tourist Class 26-Page Brochure Go Tourist
Class is a joint production of HAPAG-NDL.
Profusely Illustrated with interior photographs of Tourist Class
accommodations and ships of both lines that carried passengers of that class.
A superb brochure produced for American tourist of the Summer
Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.
Bremen, Europa, Columbus, Berlin, New York, Hamburg, Deutschland, Hansa, and St. Louis.
1936-06-04 SS Hamburg Passenger List Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie
/ Hamburg American Line (HAPAG) Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class.
Date of Departure: 4 June 1936 Route: New York to Hamburg
via Cherbourg and Southampton Commander: Captain Theodore Koch.
1936-07-02 SS Hamburg Passenger List Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie
/ Hamburg American Line (HAPAG) Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class.
Date of Departure: 2 July 1936 Route: New York to Hamburg
via Cherbourg and Southampton Commander: Captain Theodore Koch.
1936-07-03 SS Hamburg Breakfast Menu Beautiful graphic Dinner Bill of Fare
dating from 1936 from the SS Hamburg of the Hamburg America Line offer traditional
American fare plus sirloin steaks, german fried potatoes, and Bologna.
1937-03-11 SS Hamburg Dinner Menu.
Elegant Vintage Dinner Bill of Fare from Thursday, 11 March 1937 on
board the SS Hamburg of the Hamburg America Line featured Fried Fillet of
Haddock Meunière, Râgout of Tongue with Mushrooms and Dumplings, Risotto, and
Cannelons with Whipped Cream for dessert.
Printed in German and English, the Bill of Fare included a Music Program.
1937-07-30 SS Hamburg Breakfast Menu.
July 1937 Elaborate Breakfast Bill of Fare for passengers on board the SS Hamburg of
the Hamburg America Line offers the standard American fare plus German favorites.
1937-09-02 SS Hamburg Passenger List Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie
/ Hamburg American Line (HAPAG).
Class of Passengers: Class Not Stated Date of Departure: 2 September
1937 Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg.
Commander: Captain Th.
Koch HAPAG-NDL Ships in the Transatlantic Service - 1937.
14-page small format brochure produced jointly by HAPAG-LLOYD welcomes you to
Germany in 1937 on their transatlantic ships Bremen, Europa, Columbus, New York, Hamburg,
Hansa, Deutschland, St. Louis, and Berlin.
Brief information along with a photograph of each ship is included in this booklet.
In The Third Class to North America - 1938 This is a well-preserved brochure that
was published before the beginning of the European conflict that became World War II.
Superb photography makes this an exceptional record of the Third Class accommodations
on the steamships Deutschland, New York, Hamburg, and the Hansa.
In der Dritten Klasse nach Nordamerika - 1938 Es handelt sich um eine gut erhaltene
Broschüre veröffentlicht wurde, dass vor dem Beginn des europäischen Konflikt,
der sich aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.
Superb Fotografie macht dies ein Rekord excecptional der dritten Klasse
Unterkünfte auf dem Dampfer Deutschland, New York, Hamburg und die Hanse.
1938-08-04 SS Hamburg Passenger List Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie
/ Hamburg American Line (HAPAG) Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class.
Date of Departure: 4 August 1938 Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton
and Cherbourg Commander: Captain Th.
Koch 1939-04-20 SS Hamburg Passenger List Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika
Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG).
Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class Date of Departure: 20
April 1939 Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh.
Commander: Captain P. Hille Ephemera contained in the GG Archives collection
represent the souvenirs provided to the passengers of each voyage.
Many of these souvenir ephemeral items have disappeared over the years.
Our selection varies considerably by ship, and likely contains only a
sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines.