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Museums celebrate 150th anniversary of immigrant ship's arrival in Baltimore

On March 23, 1868, a ship carrying 141 passengers arrived in Baltimore from Bremerhaven, Germany, and docked at a newly built pier in Locust Point. Those in steerage had paid $30 to cross the Atlantic aboard the SS Baltimore. It was about three weeks’ pay for a semi-skilled male worker in those…
Source: Sun

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