Red Star Line

The Red Star Line was a passenger ocean line that existed between its founding in 1871 and its amalgamation into the International Mercantile Marine Co. in 1902. The line was a joint venture between the International Navigation Company of Philadelphia, which also ran the American Line, and the Société Anonyme de Navigation Belgo-Américaine of Antwerp, Belgium. The company's main ports of call were New York City and Philadelphia in the United States and Antwerp in Belgium. The company was founded by Clement Griscom, who led it from its founding until its merger into the IMM. In the city of Antwerp (Belgium) the old warehouses of the Red Star Line were recently landmarked and will reopen as a museum in 2012 by the City of Antwerp. The works of art of the Red Star Line emigrants made by the Antwerp artist Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930) will be exhibited there next to Red Star Line memorabilia of the collection of Robert Vervoort.

Red Star ships generally were given names ending in "-land". Notable Red Star ships included "Belgenland", , SS|Vaderland|1900|2, and SS|Zeeland|1901|2.

The pictures shown below are from a Red Star Line brochure that agents based in the United States and Canada gave out to potential passengers.

Red Star Line offices:
*Main Office - 9 Broadway, New York
*Boston - 84 State Street
*Chicago - 90-96 Dearborn Street
*Minneapolis - 121 S. Third Street
*Montreal - 118 W. Notre Dame Street
*New Orleans - 219 St. Charles Street
*Philadelphia - 1319 Walnut Street
*Portland, Maine - 1 India Street
*San Francisco - 319 Geary Street
*Seattle - 709 Second Avenue
*St. Louis - 900 Locust Street
*Toronto - 41 E. King Street
*Washington - 1306 N.W. F Street
*Winnipeg - 205 McDermot Avenue

External links

*Very complete website about the red star line: [http://www.redstarline.be]
* [http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_shiplist.asp?co=restl List of ships by Red Star Line]
* [http://www.gjenvick.com/PassengerLists/RedStarLine.html Passenger Lists from the Red Star Line]
* The Eugeen Van Mieghem Museum: [http://www.vanmieghemmuseum.com]

References

Flayhart, William (2000). "The American Line" (New York: W.W. Norton & Co.). ISBN 0-393-04710-5
* http://www.redstarline.be