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A Sunday on the High Seas during my Crossing to America

Date: 1856
Description: The main deck of The Tuisco, showing groups of immigrant men, women, and a child in brightly colored clothing, conversing while standing below a ful...
Painting

A Journey on the Steamer 'Milwaukee'

Date: 1860
Description: In his journal Hölzlhuber described his departure from Milwaukee. "I spent the last night from May 3rd to 4th, 1860, upon the ocean steamer Milwaukee
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On a Sugar Plantation in South Carolina

Date: 1859
Description: Hölzlhuber felt his most interesting experiences in America were his interactions with southern slavery. "My sketch here shows a negro family as I saw them...

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