3492961 The Steerage, 1907 (photogravure) by Stieglitz, Alfred (1864-1946); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Often used to represent the experience of immigrants traveling to the United States, in fact, Stieglitz took the photo while travelling to Europe as a first class passenger on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1907. The ship was going from New York City to Bremen, Germany, and the people in the steerage deck scene could be skilled craftsmen and their families heading home after working on temporary visas. "I saw a picture of shapes and underlying that the feeling I had about life." ).