E. Schwerin crossing the line certificate, 1910.

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E. Schwerin crossing the line certificate, 1910.

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Crossing the line certificate, issued by the Oceanic Steamship Company-Tahiti Line, commemorating mariner E. Schwerin's passage across the equator on the Mariposa on Feb. 10, 1910 with a red wax stamp containing the ship's name.

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7766489

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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Oceanic Steamship Company

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Historical or Biographical Note Historical Note: Equator crossing rituals have been performed in the Western world for over 400 years. The ceremony is performed aboard the vessel where the landlubber (one learning to sail) is subjected to a ritual death and rebirth in order to gain a new status of Seafarer (seaman or mariner). Landlubbers must prove themselves capable of standing the terrors, stresses and strains of maritime life, and prove t...

Mariposa (Ship : Built 1883)

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Schwerin, E.

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