Pug was considered a member of the Rand family and, as you can see, traveled with his own luggage. The photograph was possibly taken while traveling to Southampton on the Hamburg American Line's SS Furst Bismarck steamship. Archivists have been unable to find with whom in the Rand family he was traveling, but Margaret Arnoild Rand applied for a passport a few months before the photograph was taken so it is possible that they shared the First Cabin Stateroom indicated in this picture.
Description: Pug was considered a member of the Rand family and, as you can see, traveled with his own luggage. The photograph was possibly taken while traveling to Southampton on the Hamburg American Line's SS Furst Bismarck steamship. Archivists have been unable to find with whom in the Rand family he was traveling, but Margaret Arnoild Rand applied for a passport a few months before the photograph was taken so it is possible that they shared the First Cabin Stateroom indicated in this picture. [show more]
According to Sjaak Boone, Chairman of the Scheveningen Historical and Genealogical Society, this photograph depicts a group of coopers working at the wharf of the shipowner Arie van Vliet at the Badhuiskade. The name of the cooper standing at the 3d barrel from the left is Cornelis van der Toorn.
Description: According to Sjaak Boone, Chairman of the Scheveningen Historical and Genealogical Society, this photograph depicts a group of coopers working at the wharf of the shipowner Arie van Vliet at the Badhuiskade. The name of the cooper standing at the 3d barrel from the left is Cornelis van der Toorn.