Abstract

This woodcut by Gustaf Broling depicts temporary lodgings in the port city of Hamburg. This type of housing was designed to accommodate some of the tens of thousands of emigrants who booked third-class steerage for America.

Temporary Lodgings for Emigrants, Hamburg (1882)

Gustav Broling

Source

Source: Gustaf Broling, “In der dritten Klasse eines Auswandererhauses in Hamburg.” Woodcut (1882).
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Recommended Citation

Temporary Lodgings for Emigrants, Hamburg (1882), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-1252> [June 12, 2024].

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