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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | From Germany to America and Back. Diary kept by Reinhold Liebau on his journey from Leulitz to Wisconsin in 1887 on the S.S. Belgenland I |
| Author | Liebau, Reinhold |
| Date | 11 Aug-2 Nov 1887 |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | RSL.IB.0011.001 |
| Library / Archive | Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp |
| Description | The diary gives details respecting Reinhold Liebau's journey, hotels resided at, cost of his voyage, facilities for emigrants, fellow passengers, and cities he travels through. |
| Series Description | The Red Star Line Museum Collection consists of ephemera, objects, and items documenting the lives and everyday experiences of it's passengers travelling to America from 1873-1934. |
| Biographical Note / History | Reinhold Liebau, a farmer who left his family and farm in Germany (1887) to travel across Antwerp and on to America via the Red Star Line |
| Theme(s) | Ships and Shipping Lines; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences; Remigration |
| Country (from) | Germany; Belgium |
| Country (to) | Belgium; Canada; United States of America |
| Places | Bohemia; Leulitz, Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Dresden, Bremerhaven, Berlin, Germany; Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Wabash, Indiana, Jersey City, Hoboken, New Jersey, New York, Chicago, United States; Burlington, Vermont, Canada |
| Ports | New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality | Russian; Polish; Belgian; European; German; American; Czech |
| Ships | Eider; SS Neederland; SS Belgenland |
| People | Dieter, Karl Frederich |
| Keywords | monument, debt, factory, railroad, restaurant, natural resources, geology, employment, push factors, cultural identity, townscape, slavery, labourer, dockyard, administration, visa, emigration, music, alcohol, clothing, religion, agriculture, business, journey conditions, Red Star Line, shipping, family, flag, national identity, emigrant, immigrant, steamboat, women, children, furniture, journey, railway, overland migration, passage money, ticket, luggage, banking, finance, food, passenger, languages, memorial, housing, cityscape, coffee, lodging house, hotel, gambling, social class, construction, weather, animals, property, farming, land sale, economics, hunting, wound, industry, return passage, ship ventilation, seasickness, |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp |
