Emigrant steamship — the S.S. Republic, the vessel of Patrick Murphy's 1883 crossing (image provenance uncertain)
Emigrant-steamship photograph (web-sourced, colourised) · transatlantic (Ireland → New York) · 1883
date confidence: approximate
Summary
A colourised photograph of a late-19th-century transatlantic steamer, filed by the user as **the S.S. Republic — the ship Patrick Murphy emigrated on in 1883**. It pairs with the existing 1883 New York passenger-list document for the vessel Republic, which the user believes records Patrick's (second) arrival. PROVENANCE CAVEAT: the image itself does not clearly depict the White Star Line S.S. Republic. The filename embeds "01maasdam2-hol" and the ship flies what looks like the Holland-America-Line house flag — i.e. the photo may actually be of a Holland America *Maasdam*, used here as a representative emigrant-steamship illustration rather than a verified portrait of the Republic. Treat as illustrative, not evidentiary, for the specific vessel.
Also mentioned
- Patrick Murphy · emigrant_passenger_intended_subject
The user's PJM — Pat the bartender, father of JJM. Said to have crossed on the S.S. Republic in 1883 (one of two NY arrivals, 1882 and 1883, per his GEDCOM). Not depicted in the photo; named as the document's intended subject.
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Open questions
- Confirm the vessel. The White Star S.S. Republic (1871) is a real emigrant steamer; this image, however, looks like a Holland America Maasdam. Source a genuine Republic photo if one is to illustrate Patrick's crossing, or relabel this as a generic emigrant-ship illustration.