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3 unusual facts about Likely point of view for "The Steerage" aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II


SS Kaiser Wilhelm II

A famous photograph taken by Alfred Stieglitz called The Steerage as well as descriptions of the conditions of travel in the lowest class have conflicted with her otherwise glitzy reputation as a high class, high speed trans-Atlantic liner.

The Steerage

The only text in the issue were comments on the photo by Paul Haviland and Marius de Zayas.

They booked passage on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, one of the largest and fastest ships in the world at that time.



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Gottlieb Wehrle

He came to the United States on March 10, 1854 in steerage, having embarked in Le Havre.