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Ticket wallet with U.S. passport: United States Lines. General Offices 45 Broadway - New York. (1927); passport of Adolf A. Adolfson.
Object/Artifact
Ticket wallet with U.S. passport: United States Lines. General Offices 45 Broadway - New York. (1927); passport of Adolf A. Adolfson.
Wallet: sewn plain canvas printed in black with brown cloth edging. 4-3/8" wide x 7" high. Two interior pockets. Red inkstamps of Swedish office: United States Lines Skeppsbron Malmo.
Back has holographic ink signature and note: of Mr. Adolf Adolfson, S/S Leviathan, 8th March 1927.
Passport: United States Passport of Adolf A. Adolfson of Des Moines, Iowa. Issued Dec. 19, 1926. Serial No. 300376. (Born August 30, 1894, Sweden. Occupation: Steel marker (sic).
Passport binding inserted in wallet sleeves using it as a cover.
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The American home port of the United States Lines was Hoboken during this era. The S.S. Leviathan was its largest passenger ship.
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transportation / business / commerce / ocean liner / immigration / Sweden /
2014.021.0034
2014.021
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Museum Collections.
1926 - 1927
Date: 1926-1927
Notes: Exhibition 2014: Hoboken, Ellis Island, and the Immigrant Experience, 1892-1924 ---- Adolfson was born in Smoland, Sweden. Entered (immigrated) U.S. via Quebec May 7, 1913 from Southhampton, England. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-06-23