Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1908
Inquiry Bureau on the Cunard RMS Carmania and RMS Caronia, Cunard Daily Bulletin, Ivernia Edition, 22 July 1908. GGA Image ID # 205924497f
Passenger lists for 1908 represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa.
Our collection contains samples of passenger lists produced and printed by the steamship lines. They are often used to illustrate family history books for immigrants from this period in time.
Coveted by collectors and genealogists, souvenir passenger lists often offered beautiful graphical covers and information not found in official manifests because they focused on the journey rather than the destination.
![GGA Image ID # 131154c230 Saloon Passenger List, RMS Campania, 19 January 1908 Published in the RMS Campania Edition of the Cunard Daily Bulletin for 24 January 1908.](../../../Images600/Periodicals/Maritime/CunardDailyBulletin/Campania/1908-01-24/18-15-SaloonPassengers-250.jpg)
1908-01-19 RMS Campania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 19 January 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain D. Dow, R.D., R.N.R.
![Passenger Manifest, Cunard Line Mauretania 1909 Liverpool to New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Mauretania/1908-04-11/Saloon/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-04-11 RMS Mauretania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 11 April 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York
Commander: Captain John Pritchard
![Passenger Manifest, RMS Lusitania, Cunard Line, June 1908, Liverpool to New York](../../../Images600/Periodicals/Maritime/CunardDailyBulletin/Lusitania/1908-06-10/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-06-06 RMS Lusitania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 6 June 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York
Commander: Commander: Captain James B. Watt
![Passenger Manifest, Nieuw Amsterdam, 20 June 1908](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HollandAmerica/NieuwAmsterdam/1908-06-20/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-06-20 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 20 June 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain H. C. Van Der Zee
![1908-06-26 Passenger Manifest for the Empress Of Britain](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/CanadianPacificRailway/EmpressOfBritain/1908-06-26/SecondCabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-06-26 Empress Of Britain Passenger List
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 26 June 1908
Route: Liverpool to Quebec
Commander: Captain J. A. Murray
![Passenger List, RMS Ivernia, Cunard Line, July 1908, Boston to Liverpool](../../../Images600/Periodicals/Maritime/CunardDailyBulletin/Ivernia/1908-07-22/15-18-SaloonPassengers-250.jpg)
1908-07-15 SS Ivernia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 15 July 1908
Route: Boston to Liverpool
Commander: Not Stated
![Passenger Manifest, Atlantic Transport Line SS Minnetonka 1908](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/AtlanticTransportLine/Minnetonka/1908-07-25/FirstClass/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-07-25 SS Minnetonka Passenger List
Steamship Line: Atlantic Transport Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 25 July 1908
Route: London to New York
Commander: Captain E. G. Cannons
![1908-07-25 Passenger Manifest for the TSS Rotterdam](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HollandAmerica/Rotterdam/1908-07-25/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-07-25 TSS Rotterdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 25 July 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Commodore F. H. Bonjer, Lt. R.N.R
![Passenger Manifest, Red Star Line SS Zeeland 1908, Antwerp to New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/RedStarLine/Zeeland/1908-08-08/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-08-08 SS Zeeland Passenger List
Steamship Line: Red Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 8 August 1908
Route: Antwerp to New York via Dover
Commander: Captain J. S. Ball
![GGA Image ID # 162e3d1bbd Front Cover of a Second Class Passenger List from the SS Philadelphia of the American Line, Departing Saturday, 15 August 1908 from Southampton To New York Via Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/AmericanLine/Philadelphia/1908-08-15/2C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-08-15 SS Philadelphia Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 15 August 1908
Route: Southampton To New York Via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain A. R. Mills
![Passenger Manifest, Holland America Line TSS Statendam, 1908, Rotterdam to New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HollandAmerica/Statendam/1908-08-15/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-08-15 TSS Statendam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 15 August 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain P. Van Den Heuvel
![GGA Image ID # 2105626a22 Front Cover, Second Class Passenger List from the TSS Ionian of the Allan Line, Departing 22 August 1908 from Glasgow to Québec and Montréal.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/AllanLine/Ionian/1908-08-22/2C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-08-22 TSS Ionian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Allan Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 22 August 1908
Route: Glasgow to Québec and Montréal
Commander: Captain John M. Johnston
![Passenger Manifest, SS Cretic, White Star Line, August 1908, Italy to New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/WhiteStarLine/Cretic/1908-08-26/FirstClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-08-26 RMS Cretic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 26 August 1908
Route: Genoa to New York via Naples and Azores
Commander: Captain J. B. Kelk
![1908-06-26 Passenger List for Empress Of Britain](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CanadianPacificRailway-CPR/EmpressOfBritain/1908-06-26/SecondCabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-06-26 RMS Empress of Britain Passenger List
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 26 June 1908
Route: Liverpool to Quebec
Commander: Captain J. A. Murray
![Passenger Manifest, RMS Etruria, Cunard Line, September 1908](../../../Images600/Periodicals/Maritime/CunardDailyBulletin/Etruria/1908-09-11/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-09-10 RMS Etruria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 10 September 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Not Stated
![Passenger Manifest Cover, September 1908 Westbound Voyage - SS Philadelphia](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/AmericanLine/Philadelphia/1908-09-12/FirstClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-09-12 SS Philadelphia Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 12 September 1908
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain A. R. Mills
![Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger List for the SS Ryndam of the Holland-America Line, Departing 12 September 1908 from Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HollandAmerica/Ryndam/1908-09-12/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-09-12 TSS Ryndam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 12 September 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain A. Roggeveen
![Passenger Manifest, Holland America Line TSS Statendam, 1908, Rotterdam to New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HollandAmerica/Statendam/1908-09-19/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-09-19 TSS Statendam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin Passengers
Date of Departure: 12 September 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain B. G. Bruinsma
![Passenger Manifest, SS Romanic, White Star Line, October 1908, Genoa and Naples to Boston](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/WhiteStarLine/Romanic/1908-10-04/FirstClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-10-04 RMS Romanic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 4 October 1908
Route: Genoa to Boston via Naples, Almeria, and Azores
Commander: Captain R. Lobez
![Passenger Manifest Cover, November 1908 Westbound Voyage - SS Haverford](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/AmericanLine/Haverford/1908-11-11/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-11-11 SS Haverford Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 11 November 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York via Queenstown
Commander: Captain Enoch Maddox
![Passenger Manifest, SS Amerika, Hamburg America Line, November 1908, Hamburg to New York](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Amerika/1908-11-12/Cabin/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-11-12 SS Amerika Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 12 November 1908
Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
Commander: Captain H. Knuth
![1908-11-12 Passenger Manifest for the SS Prinzess Irene](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/NorthGermanLloyd/PrinzessIrene/1908-11-12/FirstClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-11-12 SS Prinzess Irene Passenger List
Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 12 November 1908
Route: Genoa to New York via Naples and Gibraltar
Commander: Captain F. von Letten-Peterssen
Please help us make our passenger list collection more complete. We would appreciate a digital copy if you have an 1908 souvenir passenger list. Please email us at [email protected].