Title

Swedish emigrants on the deck of a ship, 1880s. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Swedish emigrants on the deck of a ship, 1880s. During the 1880s roughly 1% of Sweden's population emigrated every year to escape poverty and famine, many of them going to the United States.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historisk Bildbyra

Reference

HRM19D64_243

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,5Mb) / 16,1in x 12,1in / 4818 x 3624 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel transport transportation female women woman people male child children man men trunk Sweden Scandinavia Swedish Scandinavian guy bag ship ships voyage journey migration deck passengers passenger travelling poor poverty luggage location century baggage leaving traveller lady concept emigration B&W MONOCHROME 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W belongings emigrant nineteenth century possessions TGN engraving on board Historisk Bildbyrå Unknown engraving