Steerage Passenger Lists
Steerage souvenir passenger lists are exceedingly rare. With few exceptions, most steamship lines did not produce passenger lists for steerage passengers, as immigrants were unlikely to be a regular customer, nor was there any demand for a souvenir of a voyage that likely was less than pleasant.
Examples of Steerage Passenger Lists:
![Front Cover, SS Hohenzollern Passenger List 20 April 1881](../../Images600/PassengerLists/NorthGermanLloyd/Hohenzollern/1881-04-20/Steerage/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1981-04-20SS Hohenzollern Passenger List
- Cruise Line: North German Lloyd
- Ship: SS Hohenzollern
- Class of Passengers: Steerage
- Date of Departure: 20 April 1881
- Route: Bremen to Baltimore
- Commander: Captain R. Sander
![Passenger Manifest of the Steamer Lessing of the Hamburg Amerika Linie, 1881](../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Lessing/1881-08-24/01-CabinPasengers-250.jpg)
1881-08-24 SS Lessing Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin and Steerage
- Date of Departure: 24 August 1881
- Route: Hamburg to New York
- Commander: Captain Voss
![1883-11-04 Passenger Manifest of SS Silesia](../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Silesia/1883-11-04/Cabin-Steerage/01-TitlePage-CabinPassengers-250.jpg)
1883-11-04 SS Silesia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin and Steerage
- Date of Departure: 4 November 1883
- Route: Hamburg to New York
- Commander: Captain Heinrich H. Barends
![1885-06-03 Voyage of the SS Ems](../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/NorddeutscherLloyd/Ems/1885-06-03/Cabin-Steerage/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1885-06-03 SS Ems Passenger List
- Cruise Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
- Ship: SS Ems
- Class of Passengers: Cabin and Steerage
- Date of Departure: 3 June 1885
- Route: Bremen to New York
- Commander: Captain W. Willigerod
![1888-11-14 Ships List - SS Lahn](../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/NorddeutscherLloyd/Lahn/1888-11-14/Steerage/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1888-11-14 SS Lahn Passenger List
- Cruise Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd)
- Ship: SS Lahn
- Class of Passengers: Steerage
- Date of Departure: 14 November 1888
- Route: Bremen to New York
- Commander: Captain H. Hellmers
![1894-08-28 Voyage of the SS Lahn](../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/NorddeutscherLloyd/Lahn/1894-08-28/Steerage/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1894-08-28 SS Lahn Passenger List
- Cruise Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
- Ship: SS Lahn
- Class of Passengers: Steerage
- Date of Departure: 28 August 1894
- Route: Bremen to New York
- Commander: Captain H. Hellmers
![1895-09-07 Voyage of the SS Ems](../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/NorddeutscherLloyd/Ems/1895-09-07/Cabin-Steerage/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1895-09-07 SS Ems Passenger List
- Cruise Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
- Ship: SS Ems
- Class of Passengers: Steerage
- Date of Departure: 7 September 1895
- Route: Bremen to New York
- Commander: Captain W. Reimkasten