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3 unusual facts about The Steerage


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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