SS Manhattan Passenger List - 20 April 1938
Front Cover of a Cabin Class Passenger List from the SS Manhattan of the United States Lines, Departing 20 April 1938 from New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Plymouth, and Le Havre, Commanded by Captain Albert B. Randall, USNR. GGA Image ID # 166b794177
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain Albert B. Randall, U.S.N.R.
- Chief Officer: Eduard A. Richmond, Lt., U.S.N.R.
- Chief Engineer: James J. Ganly
- Chief Purser: Clarence P. Gehrig
- Senior Assistant Purser: Stanley G. Morgan
- Junior Assistant Purser: William K. Carruthers
- Junior Assistant Purser: William J. Lenahan
- Surgeon: Frank Stewart
- Assistant Surgeon: James Henderson
- Chief Steward: John H. King
- Chief Tourist Steward: Egon Brieda
GREETINGS
We bid you a hearty welcome on board this great American liner, and we hope you will thoroughly enjoy the voyage.
The MANHATTAN and WASHINGTON are sister ships and besides being the largest liners ever built in America are the fastest cabin ships in the world.
These superb steamers mark a new and forward step in the history of the American Merchant Marine. Their popularity shows that discriminating travelers of all lands will appreciate our endeavors to provide service and cuisine In keeping with the highest standards.
Cabin Class Passengers
- Dr. Robert Alexander
- Mr. Frederick W. Allen
- Miss Edith Anderson
- Miss Florence St. John Baldwin
- Mr. Hansen Bang
- Mr. W. A. Barclay
- Mrs. Barclay
- Master Andrew Barclay
- Mr. Genaro Barretto
- Mr. Ludwig R. Barth
- Mr. Arthur Bates
- Mrs. Bates
- Mr. R. F. Benzinger
- Mrs. Benzinger
- Mr. Philip Besser
- Miss May Birkhead
- Mr. T. W. Blackwell
- Mrs. Blackwell
- Mr. Monroe Block
- Mrs. Block
- Mr. Herman Bonzli
- Mr. Ralph Bown
- Mrs. Bown
- Miss Mims Brasher
- Mrs. Clara Braunspan
- Mrs. Gertrude Bruckman
- Mr. Abbott Buegeleisen
- Mr. Harry Buegeleisen
- Mr. J. W. Byrne
- Mrs. Byrne
- Mr. Earl Cantor
- Mr. Siegfried Cassel
- Mr. Frederic L. Chase
- Mrs. Chase
- Miss Helen Clifford
- Mrs. Dwight Comstock
- Mrs. Helen Cookman
- Miss Frances P. Cookman
- Mr. Noah Cornman
- Mr. H. Francis Cunningham. Jr.
- Mr. E. B. Curtis
- Mr. Roy H. Curtiss
- Mrs. Curtiss
- Mr. A. Davidow
- Mr. G. K. Davis
- Mrs. Davis and chauffeur
- Mr. Robert De Calry
- Mrs. Amerie Withers Dennis
- Miss Hazel H. Dennis
- Mr. David Dickman
- Mrs. Dickman
- Mr. Adolph Dodson
- Mrs. Dodson
- Mr. Fred M. Drew
- Mrs. Stanley Duttson
- Judge James Duffy
- Miss M. Duffy
- Mr. W. Kirkland Dwier
- Mrs. Marion Dow Eaton
- Mr. J. C. Edler
- Mr. Alfred Eisenbach
- Mr. Marnold Enemark
- Sister Mary Lillian Erhard
- Mrs. Jeanette Feilchenfeld
- Mr. Erich Feilchenfeld
- Mr. George Feinberg
- Dr. R. F. Fidler
- Mr. G. T. Fillery
- Mrs. L. C. Fitzgerald
- Miss Mae Fleming
- Mrs. Wilbur E. Forbes
- Mr. Max Frank
- Mr. J. Stuart Fuller
- Mr. M. D. Gilchrist
- Miss Eleanor D. Gillespie
- Mr. Jacob Goldberg
- Mr. William A. Goodson
- Mrs. Goodson
- Mr. Henry W. Green. Jr.
- Mr. L. Green
- Mr. Ernest T. Handley
- Mrs. Handley
- Miss Patricia Handley
- Mrs. Gertrude L. Heatwole and maid
- Mr. Leo Heilbrun
- Rev. Frederick Hentz
- Mrs. James G. Hickey
- Miss Mary M. Hickey
- Miss Helene V. Hill
- Mr. Robert Hill
- Mr. Fred H. Holder
- Mr. Louis J. Hollander
- Mr. John E. Horner
- Mrs. Horner
- Master John Horner and nurse
- Mr. James Horsfall
- Mrs. Horsfall
- Mr. William R. Huber
- Mrs. Huber
- Mr. Robert H. S. Hughes
- Mr. Fred B. Ibbett
- Mrs. Ibbett
- Mr. John Jay Ide
- Mr. Walter M. Irving
- Dr. Margot Jacoby
- Mr. Joseph Joseph
- Mr. Ernest Jost
- Mr. Frederick Kempner
- Miss Caroline Kellogg
- Mr. John T. Kelly
- Mr. John E. Kelly
- Mr. Duncan C. Kennedy
- Miss Eunice Kennedy
- Miss Rosemary Kennedy
- Mr. Joseph Kientz
- Mr. Charles R. Kovar
- Mr. Herbert Kusserow
- Mr. Otto Laedrach
- Mr. Bernard Landau
- Mrs. Landau
- Mr. A. P. L. Laurusse
- Mrs. Laurusse
- Mr. Ernst Leiser
- Mr. Harris Levi
- Mr. Clarence Levy
- Mrs. Levy
- Master Theodore Levy
- Mr. A. D. Lewis
- Mrs. Lewis
- Mrs. Laurel M. Liddle
- Mr. Egbert Lillie
- Mrs. Lillie
- Mr. J. M. Locke
- Mr. Gregorio Nivon Lopez
- Mr. J. Lorge
- Dr. E. A. Lowe
- Dr. Charles Owen McCormick
- Mrs. McCormick
- Mr. George A. McLachlan
- Mrs. McLachlan
- Miss Hilda Maas
- Mr. A. Mancher
- Mr. Urie F. Mandel
- Mrs. Mandel
- Mrs. E. S. Maney
- Master Maney
- Mr. Heinrich Mayer
- Mr. Julius Mayer
- Mr. William Maul Measey
- Mr. Henry Mechutan
- Mr. Walther Meyer
- Mr. T. R. Midtlyng
- Mr. B. Miles
- Mrs. J. B. Milliken
- Mrs. Wills Moody
- Mr. Edward E. Moore
- Mrs. Moore
- Miss Dorothy Moore
- Mr. E. C. Moore
- Miss Julia Morris
- The Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison J.P.M.P.
- Mrs. Malcolm Moulder
- Miss Kathleen Moulder
- Mr. R. C. Muir
- Mrs. Muir
- Mr. L. W. Nash
- Mr. Max Neugarten
- Mrs. Neugarten
- Mr. W. B. Nolan
- Mrs. Nolan
- Dr. R. M. Norris
- Mrs. Norris
- Miss Catherine Oakley
- Sister Mary Xavier O'Donnell
- Mr. N. B. Oettinger
- Mr. Archie H. Phillips
- Mr. Robert H. Pidge
- Mrs. Rosetta M. Pierce
- Mr. J. Pommer
- Mrs. d. Pope
- Mr. Henry Poppelreiter
- Mr. E. H. Popper
- Mrs. H. Popper
- Miss Eleanor Putnam
- Mrs. John I. Raymond
- Mr. Charles Reagan
- Mrs. Reagan
- Mr. Charles E. Renehan
- Mr. Robert Ritchie
- Mr. Desmond Roberts
- Mr. Michael Rosenblum
- Mrs. Rosenblum
- Mr. W. Rowan
- Miss Margarete Sachs
- Mr. Otto Schimann
- Mrs. H. M. Scott
- Mr. R. B. Selander
- Mrs. Selander
- Mrs. Mary K. Sherrill
- Miss Rosalie D. Shiers
- Miss Ena Julie Shiers
- Mrs. Blanca Simon
- Mr. Morris Simpson
- Mr. Cecil Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mr. Andres Soriano
- Mr. Robert Spilke
- Mr. Peter Spoerry
- Mr. Thomas L. Stanley
- Mrs. Stanley
- Mrs. Charles Frederic Stead
- Mr. Gould A. Stebbins
- Mrs. Stebbins
- Mr. Oscar Stern
- Mrs. M. Stonborough
- Mr. M. L. Strause
- Mrs. Strause
- Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart
- Mr. B. J. Tolces
- Miss Isabella P. Tonnele
- Mr. Spencer Tracy
- Mrs. Tracy
- Mr. William W. Vansant
- Mr. Charles H. Vayo
- Mr. King Vidor
- Mrs. Vidor
- Mrs. C. S. Vidor
- Mr. R. J. Vlaco
- Dr. Worth Wade
- Mr. E. W. Walker
- Dr. A. J. Warren
- Mrs. Warren
- Miss Margaret Louise Warren
- Mr. Ralph Watkins
- Mr. Justin R. Weddell
- Mrs. Weddell
- Mrs. J. H. White
- Mr. M. Williams
- Lady Cynthia Williams
- Mr. Frederick Willis
- Mr. Horace Wilson
- Mr. James A. Wilson
- Mrs. Wilson
- Mr. Phillip H. Wootton
- Mr. Phillip H. Wootton. Jr.
- Mrs. W. C. Worsley
- Mrs. Charles W. Wright
- Mr. Lunsford P. Yandell
- Miss Irene Zerner
ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS
- Mr. I. Bobrow
- Mr. W. Hobe
- Mr. L. Marks
- Captain H. Winslow
- Mrs. E. Gunnerson
- Mr. P. Lorentz
- Mrs. A. Stewart
- Mrs. Winslow
NOT ON BOARD
- Mr. F. Kempner
- Mr. Spencer Tracy
- Mr. R. Ritchie
- Mrs. Tracy
- Dr. Worth Wade
ERRATA
- Mrs. Amerie Withers Dennis should read Mrs. Amarie Whitters Dennis
- Miss Hazel H. Dennis should read Master Ward H. Dennis
- Miss M. Duffy should read Miss G. Duffy
- Mr. J. C. Edler Mr. J. C. Elder
- Mrs. H. M. Scott should read Mrs. H. G. Scott
Récapitulation:
Cobh
- Cabin Class: 14
- Tourist Class: 13
- Third Class: 35
- Total: 62
Plymouth
- Cabin Class: 135
- Tourist Class: 61
- Third Class: 21
- Total: 217
Le Havre
- Cabin Class: 77
- Tourist Class: 27
- Third Class: 41
- Total: 145
Hamburg
- Cabin Class: 25
- Tourist Class: 30
- Third Class: 55
- Total: 110
Total
- Cabin Class: 251
- Tourist Class: 131
- Third Class: 152
- Total Passengers: 534
- Master, Officers and Crew: 562
- Seapost Officials: 5
- Total aboard Voyage 74 East: 1,101
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