ANTON, Ottamar (1895-1976). Hamburg - Amerika Linie, New York.
Original luggage label, c.1930. 140 x 140 mm.
The Hamburg - Amerikanische Packetfahrt - Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG) known in English as the Hamburg America Line was a transatlantic shipping company established in Hamburg in 1847.
It soon developed into the largest German and at times the Worlds largest shipping company serving the market created by German immigration to the USA and later immigration from Eastern Europe.
In 1970 the company merged with its lonstanding rival Norddeutscher Llyod of Bremen to establish the present day company Hapag-Llyod.
Printers: J.C Konig & Ebhardt, Hannover.
SKU: 2126654
ANTON, Ottamar (1895-1976). Hamburg - Amerika Linie, New York.
Original luggage label, c.1930. 140 x 140 mm.
The Hamburg - Amerikanische Packetfahrt - Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG) known in English as the Hamburg America Line was a transatlantic shipping company established in Hamburg in 1847.
It soon developed into the largest German and at times the Worlds largest shipping company serving the market created by German immigration to the USA and later immigration from Eastern Europe.
In 1970 the company merged with its lonstanding rival Norddeutscher Llyod of Bremen to establish the present day company Hapag-Llyod.
Printers: J.C Konig & Ebhardt, Hannover.
SKU: 2126654
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