[PW] Red Star Line Fares in 1897

[Mercedes Mc Andrew]

Kevin,

This is great! Thanks!

M
On Feb 14, 2008, at 7:31 AM, Kevin W. Woodruff wrote:

> Mercedes:
>
>   You may want to contact the museum at:
>
> http://www.visitantwerpen.be/redstarlinememorial/home.html
>
>
>   Kevin
> Mercedes Mc Andrew <mercedes22 at mac.com> wrote:
>   Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!
>
> Here's what I am looking for. The Red Star Line discounted its
> second-cabin steamship fares by $10 for the passage from New York
> City to Antwerp, Belgium during the summer of 1897. The Red Star
> line operated 4 steamships between New York and Antwerp that summer:
> The Westernland, The Noorland, The Berlin, and The Friesland.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find the actual fare? Also, I need to
> know what the price of a 2nd cabin roundtrip ticket, NY-Antwerp-NY,
> on these Red Line passenger ships of 1897 was.
>
> I have searched the papers using ProQuest but no fare information
> arises from the ads I find about the Red Star Line. Is there a list
> of fares from this line that might exist somewhere else?
>
> Thanks In advance!
>
> Mercedes
>
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