ISO German Heritage, Vintage, Antique etc

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ISO German Heritage, Vintage, Antique etc

Hi,
I am working on my family history and am trying to scrap my husbands journey to America from Germany. Does anyone know of any good resources with any kind of German Heritage? I would love to have a ship similar to what they sailed over on, old flags...anything that is vintage antique and screams Germany!
Thanks for your help!

Do you know what kind of ship they sailed on? That may help...even the year is good to know.

Germans are very strong people...very good work ethics. I would try to mix some Amish-type elements into the mix. Stuff to do with farming, harvest, stuff like that.

My family is very German (dad is 100% German)...tradition is very important to us, as is strong work ethic, being early for everything lol. So clocks would be a good thing to have lol.

Here's a link to an article describing German traditions: http://www.livescience.com/44007-german-culture.html

one of them arrived on the Paraguay in 1869. Unfortunately no one is left alive that would know if he farmed or was a builder or blacksmith or whatever....So many vintage type kits are more Victorian with lots of flowers (which I love) but just aren't what I am looking for this page. Needs to be more manly items for his pages, I looked trying to find pictures of what Baden would have looked like then and didn't have a whole lot of luck other than learning it was kind of its own state at that time and not really considered part of Germany yet. I hadn't thought to look at Amish stuff, I'll have to see what I can find there. Because of the time frame of the late 1800's just really want an old feel to the elements on the page. Thank you for the link I will check it out, maybe I have some stuff already that will work and just don't realize it. I have had so much trouble finding family history specific type kits:/ Thanks again

Hi Jennifer,
I found some really pretty sailships here, but I'm not sure they are the right timeframe. There is also some farming and antique machinery on this site. They are all vectors though - you can import EPS files into Photoshop and work with them after you rasterize your image.

I was actually looking at Craft Crave earlier and saw something perfect...not cu but def more what you may be looking for.

It's a kit from Laitha's Designs called Attic Treasures. It has rustic items in it. Reminds me of stuff my grandma may have had stashed away in the attic...

http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=10018673&cat=0&page=2

Thank Melo,
I use Paintshop Pro love those sail boats, when I import it they show up as one page that would need to be extract to use I guess. I will try, but they have quite a bit of detail not sure if I can.

Thanks Rachel, I do like that one maybe I can combine it with some antique farm/ag type elements

I have a coin here for you from the exact year that could also easily be turned into buttons:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/72199o9qa7u99fe/3%20Pfenninge.psd?dl=0
Let me know whether the link worked, I'm pretty new to file sharing...

Stef,
that is wonderful I love it thanks so much! The link worked perfect.

You may be able to find out something about this exact ship. I found the following paragraph about it that names a publication that may contain a picture. Sometimes you can view pages of a book online at Google Books.

PARAGUAY 1864
The PARAGUAY was a 1,444 gross ton ship, length 251.2ft x beam 32ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was accommodation for 1st, 2nd and 500-3rd class passengers. Built by Palmers Iron Shipbuilding Co, Jarrow-on-Tyne in 1864 for the River Plate Steamship Co, she was used on the South America service until acquired by the London & New York Steamship Line in 1869. Her first London - Havre - New York voyage started in April 1869 and she continued in this service until the company closed down in 1871. Her last voyage started 28th Sep.1871 from London to Havre & New York (arr.27th Oct). In 1873 she was fitted with new engines and in about 1875 she was purchased by the Hughes Line of Liverpool. She was sunk in collision in the River Scheldt on 10th Feb.1891. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.598]

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsP-Q.shtml

Thanks Debra, I will check that out!