Scope and ContentPassage order form from Messrs. Oelrichs & Co., General Agents of the North German Lloyd, No. 2 Bowling Green, New York. No date, circa 1870-1880. Printed leaf, 6-3/8" x 9" wide; vignette cut of steamship with sails; press-numbered serial number A23993. Blank and unused. Form was used to order passage for an individual or groups on the NGL Steamship Co. which sailed from the Bremen Pier, Hoboken, N.J. as is printed on it. Text is in English except for instructions at the left which are in German and English: "This ticket must be exchanged at the the Office, No. 2, Bowling Green." "Steerage passengers may do so on the wharf, but on day of sailing only, and as early as possible." Oelrichs & Co. was founded in 1798 and operated under various names through the years. It seems to have been in operation as late as World War I.