Just Another Old Box

[Dugout]

more of the same

 

[myersdiggers1998]

That linseed oil is great for making the wood grain pop , looks great now!

 

[nhpharm]

That label is from the shipping line Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen.

 

[Dugout]

Wow! Now I never thought that I would ever find out anything about the label. That is just great! Thank You! How did you figure that out?

 

[Dugout]

Okay Brandon, after Googling that I see I can maybe find out more about my past. I have a BUNCH of old dated letters written in some sort of German. They start in the 1850's. Maybe a few earlier than that. Steve/Sewell's mother so graciously translated one of them for me. I saw on there that I can look up the passengers, and I saw a Marie Miller. So if I dig in my letters I can maybe find theirs names on the passenger list. And then I might be able to figure out when the trunk crossed over to America. COOL!!
Thanks again!

 

[nhpharm]

I collect nautical stuff as well...so I have actually seen the full labels for this shipping line in the past on antique trunks. You can see where there was a lot of label before the "lo" so I knew it had to be a long first name for the company.

I am glad I could help-Ancestry.com has a lot of the ship passenger lists so you might have some luck there. I have a membership so if you have a name you want me to look up I can give it a whirl.