UNDATED – A large cabinet photo shows an illustration of the steamer Normannia which served from 1890 to 1895 on the transatlantic route between Europe and New York, operated by HAPAG. Scan © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Over the past couple of years I’ve been actively researching my family tree. Two of my relatives – my great-great-great-uncle Hinrich Friedrich Scharck and his wife Emilie Detlefine Caroline, born Paasch – emigrated to the United States in 1890. Hinrich Friedrich was 53 years old at the time, and Emilie 55. They boarded HAPAG’s (then brand new) S/S Normannia in Hamburg, Germany, on 19th June 1890 and arrived in New York City on the 28th June. From here, they moved to Clinton, Iowa, where they came to a rest.
This cabinet photo shows the reproduction of painting of the SS Normannia, most likely published by W. Sander & Sohn in Geestemünde, Germany, who had specialized in publishing photos with paintings of ships. Their images have a distinct style, usually showing the vessel in harsh weather conditions. This does not come as a surprise, because crossing the Atlantic Ocean was not for the faint hearted back then.
More on the vessel can be found at Wikipedia.
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The high resolution image
| Capture Date | c. 1895 |
| Publisher | W. Sander & Sohn, Geestemünde |
| Image Source | 20.4 x 12 cm cabinet photo |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 9656 x 5634 Pixels |
| Copyright | Scan © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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