Treasure Chest Thursday - Kashima Maru Passenger List

When my grandfather, Merrill Haskell, went to Vladivostok, Russia in 1919 he sailed out of Seattle on the S.S. "Kashima Maru". He saved a copy of the passenger list, which provides details about the ship, the itinerary, and a list of the passenger. He is listed as a Saloon Passenger on page 4 as "Haskell, Mr. M., New York, N.Y.". The others he was traveling with, include "Norwood, Mr. R., New York, N.Y." on page 5 and "Wood, Mr. E.P. and Mrs., New York, N.Y." on page 6.

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Trip to Vladivostok, Russia - Okeansky and Semenovskya Streets

Photos at the intersection of Okeansky and Semenovskya Streets in 2010 and 1919

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1919 - Photo from Merrill Haskell Collection

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Trip to Vladivostok, Russia - Post 1

My wife, son and I made a trip to Vladivostok, Russia this summer, leaving Maine on July 25, 2010 and returning home on August 6, 2010. The trip was our first overseas and was quite an adventure. This all started with a box of almost 500 photos that my grandfather took in Vladivostok back in 1919-1920. He was there for six months with the YMCA as an accountant in their International Hut (corrected on 11-10-2010; his office was not in the International Hut). My wife scanned all of those photos and shared them with several historians in Vladivostok. They found the photos so interesting that they published a book about them. We decided that this was the right time to go meet the authors visit the city.

Will (me) and my son Jack at the Vladivostok Train Station in 2010

Merrill Haskell (my grandfather) at the Vladivostok Train Station in 1919

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Trip to Vladivostok, Russia

My family and I will soon be headed to Vladivostok, Russia. This is family history-related trip that came about by my wife organizing and sharing over 400 historic photographs that my grandfather (Merrill Haskell) took in Vladivostok back in 1919-1920. My wife shared these photos with several folks in Vladivostok and they wrote a book (after clicking the link, scroll to the bottom of the page), Vladivostok in the photos of Merrill Haskell. August 11, 1919 – February 23, 1920. Another summary of the book can be found here (again scroll to the bottom of the page). More coverage of the book is found in a photo gallery on the US Consulate's website.

My grandfather was a young accountant (27 years old) when he went to Vladivostok as an accountant with the YMCA. He traveled by boat from San Francisco to Japan and then on to Vladivostok, with three others from the accounting firm (Niles & Niles), where he was working for in New York City. He voyage also took him to Yokohama, Japan.

More to come about my grandfather's adventure and ours when we return....

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