PIONEER
Heinrich BUMB
| nationality | German |
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| birth | ca. 1872, ............ |
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| death | ................. |
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| marriage |
 Elisabeth ......... b. <1880>, ........ |
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LIFE
Heinr. BUMB (32y; married) merchant
SS "AUGUSTE VICTORIA"
dep. Cuxhaven: 20 Jan 1903
arr. New York: 30 jan 1903
last residence: Berlin
[Is is uncertain if this is "our" Heinrich Bumb, although the age and profession match]
1st BEKA tour (Bumb/Bielefeld) Turkey/Egypt
2nd BEKA tour: 5 Oct 1905 left Berlin (Kinnear, pp. 44-47)
Wilhelm HADERT joined them in Port Said.
On the way back Wilhelm Hadert took an earlier boat to San Francisco
Bumb, his wife Elisabeth and Willy Bielefeld sailed from Yokohama on 8 May 1906 and arrived in San Francisco on 24 May 1906.
Heinrich BUMB
+ Elisabeth BUMB (26y)
+ Willy BIELEFELD (27y)
ethnicity:
profession:
date of departure: 8 May 1906
port of departure: Yokohama, JAPAN
ship's name: SS "HONG KONG MARU"
date of arrival: 24 May 1906
port of arrival: San Francisco
age on arrival: 34y
final destination: Berlin, GERMANY
Bumb left BEKA on 10 September 1906 (source: PhZ 7/37/809)
NOTES
- "Sprechmaschinen-Aufnahmen unter den Pyramiden" in: Phonographische Zeitschrift 6. Jahrg., No. 10, p. 221 (8 March 1905)
- "In 9 Monaten Europa erobert in haben die Beka-Records" in: Phonographische Zeitschrift 6. Jahrg., No. 11, p. 237 (15 March 1905)
- "In 9 Monaten Europa erobert in haben die Beka-Records" in: Phonographische Zeitschrift 6. Jahrg., No. 12, p. 271 (22 March 1905)
- "Eisenbahn-Unfall der Beka-Expedition." in: Phonographische Zeitschrift 6. Jahrg., No. 42, p. 925 (18 Oct 1905)
- "Unsere Reise um die Erde": a series of articles by Heinrich Bumb in the Phonographische Zeitschrift 7. Jahrg. No. 27, pp. 561-563; No. 28, pp. 582-584; No. 29, pp. 602-604; No. 30, pp. 622-623; No. 31, pp. 643-645; No. 32, pp. 662-664; No. 33, pp. 692; No. 34, pp. 718-720; No. 35, pp. 759-760; No. 36, pp. 788-789; No. 37, pp. 808-809).
- "The Great Beka Expedition, 1905-6" translated and adapted by John Want in The Talking Machine Review No. 41 of Aug 1976 (pp. 729-733)
- Phonographische Zeitschrift 7. Jahrg., No. 37, p. 809 (1906)
- "BEKA" by Björn Englund in Record Collector Vol. 35, No. 5/6/7, pp. 169-173 (May/June/July 1990)
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