Emigration Collection (page 4)

Childrens Aid Society Emigration Party, Canada
A Childrens Aid Society emigration party arriving from England at Winnipeg, Canada. Date: Circa 1908

Waifs and Strays Children Emigrating to Canada
A party of boys from Church of England Waifs and Strays homes on-board ship en route to Canada. The emigration of orphans

Orphan Girls Emigrating to Canada
Girls on board the RMS Canada, June 13th 1924, in an emigration party to Canada organised by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1924

Waifs and Strays Society, First Emigration Party
The first emigration party organised by the Waifs and Strays Society to send some of children in its care to Canada. Date: 1924

Government Inspectors Visit to Canadian Emigrant
A Canadian Government Inspector visits a young emigrant from Britain to Canada, placed there by the Waifs and Strays Society

Former Kitchener Home Boy in Canada
A former inmate of the Kitchener Memorial Home For Boys, 122 Hillfield Avenue, Hornsey, after his emigration to Canada. The home, operated by the Waifs and Strays Society, could house 50 boys

Emigrant landing, New York, USA Date: circa 1903

Some Barnardos Emigrants
A promotional picture showing some of the children from Barnardos homes destined to emigrate to new lives overseas. In 1872, Thomas Barnardos childrens homes began sending children to Canada

Australian settlement
Powers to appoint a Vice Admiral and a judge for the occupation and settlement of NSW Australia 25 April 1787 (cover) Date: 25th April 1787

Emigration to Australia
Child Emigration, boys at Farm School in Western Australia, c.1916 c. 1916

Emigrants on the shipdeck

Steamer Orlando
The emigrant steamer Orlando in the roadsted, Gothenburg harbour, 1880. Date: 1880

Swedish Emigrants
Emigrants on a railwaystation on their way to Gothenburg forwarding to USA. Date: 1890

Dr Barnardos children migrating to Canada
A group of boys from one of Dr Barnardos homes onboard ship as they emigrate from Britain to Canada. Such emigration schemes aimed to give orphaned or abandoned children new lives in Canada

Transatlantic Train at Cherbourg
The arrival of the Transatlantic Train at Cherbourg, France, Cherbourg was the principal point at which the large Transatlantic liners left France for North America

French Left Luggage Office
A French Left Luggae Office at a Railway Station with a variety of crates, trunks and cases, each containing some rather surprising (and alive!) contents!! Date: 1904

Advert for Canada
An advertisement encouraging emigration to Canada, free grants of land are offered. Date: 1898

Black Man in Liverpool
A solitary black man walks along a street in one of the less picturesque parts of Liverpool. Date: 1950s

Emigration from London to New York
Cold steerage passengers huddle together on a ships deck, bound for America

Government Medical Inspectors Office
Emigration - The Government Medical Inspectors Office. As the text describes: No passenger ship is allowed to proceed until a medical practitioner appointed by the emigration office of the port shall

Emigrants cottage
An emigrants cottage at Otago, New Zealand

Canterbury Association Ships
The Canterbury Association ships Bangalore, Dominion, Duke of Portland, Lady Nugent, Midlothian and Canterbury in the East India Docks, London

Families helped to emigrate by the Salvation Army
A group of families on the platform of a large railway station, about to emigrate to Canada with the assistance of the Salvation Army. An Army band accompanies their departure

Music sheet cover for Erin Go Bragh Quadrille
Music sheet cover for the Erin Go Bragh Quadrille by Charles d Albert (1809-1886), with a view of the Custom House Quay in Dublin, Ireland, at sunset

Music sheet cover, Far, Far, Upon the Sea
A music sheet cover for a song by Henry Russell, Far, Far, Upon the Sea (words by Charles Mackay), from an entertainment entitled Far West, or the Emigrants Progress from the Old World to the New

Poster depicting Dairying in Australia
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting Dairying in Australia

Poster depicting Cattle Raising in Australia
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting Cattle Raising in Australia

France - Awaiting transport to the New World
A large crowd of emigrants (likely to be Basque Breton fisherfolk) await their passage to the New World at Fecamp, possibly heading to Miquelon or Quebec

Red Star Line Poster, Southampton to Canada via Cherbourg showing a woman picking apples

Star Line to Canada Poster
Red Star Line and White Star Line shipping from Southampton to Canada Poster showing a man farming in Canada

United States Lines poster
Poster produced by United States Lines shipping company promoting their passenger liner service to America, featuring the iconic Statue of Liberty

Dancing Between Decks
A light-hearted scene during a crossing of emigrants from Britain to New Zealand in 1860, showing passengers dancing to the sound of a fiddle between decks

Red Star Line to Canada poster
Poster produced by the Red Star Line shipping company promoting its service from Southampton in Britain to Canada via Cherbourg

Emigration. Cheer Boys Cheer An Emigrant Ship Leaving Harb
Engraving of ship leaving the dock, steam pouring from the funnel. Everyone on shore and on the boat waving farewell. A winter scene

Emigration. Emigration to Australia. Farewell Group Meeting
Mass meeting of would-be emigrants to Australia, supported by the Family Colonisation Loan Society, set up by Mrs Chisholm

Emigration. From New to Old England, in the Iman Steamer. Ho
Engraving of the crew on deck in heavy rain scrubbing the decks with brushes

Emigration. From New to Old England, in the Inman Steamer. T
Engraving of a group of passengers playing deck quoits as they return to England from America

Emigration. Emigration Vessel Between Decks
Sleeping quarters for women and children, with trunks and hat boxes and all kinds of luggage stowed away

Emigration. The Emigration of the Russian Jews. Sketches on
Families eagerly eating their rations and waving as the food arrives. The women are well wrapped up against the cold and the men are in typical russian peasant costume with long belted tunics

Emigration. The land of Promise. Emigrants Catching their Fi
Moving illustration showing in close up the expressions on the faces of young emigrants as their ship enters the St Lawrence River and the passengers catch their fist sight of Canadian land

Group Meeting of the Family Colonisation Loan Society, 1852
Mrs Chisholm set up the Family Colonisation Loan Society to enable poor families to save regularly to cover the cost of emigration. Donations were also made by the wealthy

Emigration. On Board an Emigrant Ship. The Breakfast Bell
Detailed interior of ship with many passengers crowded on deck. The ship is the steamer Sarnia of the Dominion Line at anchor at Belfast Lough on the way to Canada

Emigration. From New to Old England, in the Inman Steamer C
Interior of the steam ship, engraving shows a small gathering in the saloon for a religious service lead by the Captain of the ship

Emigration. Irish Emigration. The Emigration Agents Office
Engraving of the Emigration Office at Cork, of Mr G. O Neil. Crowded with men discussing business and reading papers and families with women and children sitting on boxes, waiting for their ship

Emigration. Departure of the Nimrod and Athlone Steamers
Emigrants set sail from Cork for Liverpool in the first stage of their transatlantic jouney. Dock side with exterior of two steam ships

The Emigration of Russian Jews. Sketches on Board
Engraving of a group playing cards on deck. Ladies in headscarves watching. The point behind the drawing is that Jews do not observe Sunday as their sabbath, Christians would not play cards on Sunday

Emigration. The Cholera at Hamburg. Sketches by our Special
Illustration showing customs officials at Hamburg, with ladies and gentlemen having their belongings examined

Coloured Cousins
To Gladstones dismay, his coloured cousins arrive from the West Indies, hoping to be welcomed into Britain

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