Gant

The story of GANT begins with a Ukrainian boy in search of a better life who sailed to America, fell in love, found success and forever changed American style. Berl Gantmacher was a miller's son from Miropol, Ukraine who, by the time he was a teenager, had already made his way from the Russian Empire to Rotterdam. From there, he continued west, boarding the SS Potsdam, a Holland America Line steamship, and sailing to New York City. The archives at Ellis Island record his arrival on November 12, 1907.