Hamburg America Line
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The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft, known in English as the Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847. Among those involved i
1899 ad in The Mail and Express (New York City)
Postcard of the view from the water of the Hamburg-American Steamship Lines docks in Hoboken, New Jersey, in about 1910
Postcard from the Hamburg-American Line steamship König Friedrich August, issued 1911
Advertisement for the Hamburg-American Line (1930)
Norddeutscher Lloyd
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Norddeutscher Lloyd was a German shipping company. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen on 20 February 1857. It developed into one of the most important German shippi
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…States and later, immigration from Eastern Europe. On 1 September 1970, after 123 years of independent existence, HAPAG merged with the Bremen-based North German Lloyd to form Hapag-Lloyd AG, today an international shipping and container transportation company. In the early years, the Hamburg America Line exclusively…
1857 NDL prospectus announcing formation of the company and offering stock for sale
Headquarters of North German Lloyd in Bremerhaven in 1870
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