Chapter Seventeen of <em>Iowa, die Heimat für Einwanderer</em> (1873)
immigration handbook; wages; transportation options and prices
Image of the first page of Chapter Seventeen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration. The chapter gives prospective immigrants information on common wages for various professions and various means of travel to Iowa, including prices.
M. J. Rohlfs
Iowa State Board of Immigration
1873
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
text
<a href="http://search.lib.uiowa.edu/01IOWASHSI:shsi_scope:01IOWA_ALMA21324426990002771" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Iowa City Historical Library Microfilm (Mf16 )</a>
Iowa; 1873; Castle Garden
H. Mahraun, Agent for the North German Lloyd
trans-Atlantic travel; North German Lloyd; packet lines
Advertisement for the services of H. Mahraun, Iowa City agent for the North German Lloyd packet line.
H. Mahraun
<em>Iowa Banner</em>
H. Mahraun
9 November 1900
State Historical Society of Iowa
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German
newspaper advertisement
Iowa Banner, microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa City; Johnson County; Bremen; New York; Baltimore
Keyes Letter on Ocean Liner Returning Home
German Americans in Germany; Correspondence; Imperial Germany; Bourgeoisie; Ocean Travel; Education; Family Life
Keyes writes on board the ocean liner Patricia on the way home from Europe.
Charles Keyes
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
7/29/1913
Letter
English
Box #3, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1913-07-29; Mount Vernon, Iowa; Linn County; Berlin, Germany; Seattle, Washington; New York
Letter from Charles Keyes on board ocean liner to Germany with family, 1912
German Americans in Germany; Correspondence; Imperial Germany; Ocean Travel; Bourgeoisie
Charles Keyes takes family--with wife Sarah, nee Naumann--to Germany for academic year in 1912. Written on board the ocean liner to Britain.
Charles Keyes
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
7/26/1912
Letter
English
Box #3, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1912-07-26; Mount Vernon, Iowa; Linn County; Germany; Liverpool, England; London, England; Boston, Massachusetts; Cambridge, Massachusetts
The 1851 Journey of Wilhelm Fischer to Davenport, Iowa
migration routes; journey of Wilhelm Fischer from Hamburg to Davenport
This map illustrates the journey undertaken by Wilhelm Fischer and companions in 1851 from Hamburg to Davenport. It is based on Fischer's travel narrative found in August P. Richter, <em>Geschichte der Stadt Davenport and des County Scott</em> (1917), pp. 443-449.
Benson and Hepker Design
August P. Richter, <em>Geschichte der Stadt Davenport and des County Scott</em> (1917), pp. 443-449.
1851
Benson and Hepker Design, Iowa City, IA
Fischer's account of his journey: https://diyhistory.lib.uiowa.edu/transcribe/4383/134430
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English
map
Davenport; Hamburg; New York City; Albany; Buffalo; Detroit; New Buffalo; Chicago; La Salle, Illinois; Scott County