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Wallet, ticket: issued by W. Lippman, Agent, North German Lloyd S.S. Co., Cologne (Germany), n.d., ca. 1885-1895.
Object/Artifact
Ticket and travel document wallet issued by W. Lippman, Agent, North German Lloyd Steamship Co., Cologne a. Rhine (Germany), no date, circa 1885-1895.
Wallet: reddish brown smooth cloth with paper lining, 4-3/4" high (closed; open - 7-3/4" high) x 7" wide; imprinted outside (back of pocket unprinted) and inside in black. Sewn pocket.
Hoboken was the American home port of North German Lloyd in this era.
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Outside flap:
W. Lippmann
General-Agentur des Norddeutschen Lloyd
Bank und Geldwechsel
Cologne a. Rhine
Domkloster No. 1;
Strassburg i. Els.
Kronenburstr. 10.
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Inside flap:
Cabin Booking Office
of the
North German Lloyd S.S. Co.
W. Lippmann Agt.
Domkloster 1
Cologne a. Rhine.
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Inside on pocket:
[left]
F. Missler
Bank und Geldwechsel
Bremen
30. Bahnhofstrasse 30.
[right]
F. Missler
Banker.
Steamship and Railroad Tickets
106 West-Street Corner Liberty
Central Building
New-York.
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Date range suggested by the "F. Missler, Banker" name at 106 West Street. By mid-1890s the name "F. Missler & Krimmert, Bankers" has been seen for that address.
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passenger ships / ocean liners / travel / transportation / emigration / immigration
2014.021.0018
2014.021
Purchase
Purchase
Museum Collections.
1885 - 1895
Date: 1885-1895
05/19/2014
Notes: Exhibition 2014: Hoboken, Ellis Island, and the Immigrant Experience, 1892-1924 ==== North German Lloyd Steamship (or S.S.) Company. Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL); also as Bremen Line. Norddeutschen. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-05-19