SS President Grant Inspection Card - 1912

A fine example of an Immigrants and Steerage Passengers' Inspection Card issued on 24 April 1912 by the Hamburg America Line for an Austrian Immigrant on board the SS President Grant that departed from Hamburg, Germany, arriving in New York on 7 May 1912. She Passed American Ellis Island Inspectors on 8 May 1912.

 

Front of Immigrant Inspection Card from the SS President Grant of the Hamburg-American Line, 24 April 1912.

Front of Immigrant Inspection Card from the SS President Grant of the Hamburg-American Line, 24 April 1912. GGA Image ID # 1fb593f1fb

 

Inspection Card Information

Hamburg-Amerika Linie
-** Inspection Card
(Immigrants and Steerage Passengers)

Port of Departure: Hamburg

Date of Departure: 24 April 1912

Name of Ship: President Grant

Name of Immigrant: Anna Grimko (note 1)

Last Residence: Austria

Inspected and Passed at: U.S. Consulate General - Hamburg - Passed (Seal)

Passed at Quarantine, Port of [New York], May 8 1912

Ships List or Manifest No. 21 on Ships List or Manifest 8 (Page 21, Line 8)

Berth No. ____

Steamship Inspection 12 Days (Crossed out by ship's surgeon on daily inspection)

 

Reverse Side of Immigrant Inspection Card from the SS President Grant of the Hamburg-American Line, 24 April 1912.

Reverse Side of Immigrant Inspection Card from the SS President Grant of the Hamburg-American Line, 24 April 1912. "Keep this Card to Avoid Detention at Quarantine and on Railroads in the United States." Message Repeated in German, French, Dutch, Italian, Czech, and Slavic. Vaccinated (Signature or Stamp) President Grant on Right Side. GGA Image ID # 1fb5decba6

 

 

Note 1: Archives patron, V. Kralicek, corrected the transcribed name and the languages the phrase (Keep this card...) was translated into. (27 September 2011)

 

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