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1890-1900 - Advertising Campaign

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The caption on the back of this postcard read "There is no greater grain growing district in the world than the three prairie provinces".

Mailed to friends and family back home in Europe, these cards would send a very positive message about homesteading in Saskatchewan.

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Preview	Ref Number	Type	Title
	R-A259		01 - A group of Londoners examine a window display advertising farms in Saskatchewan.

	R-A5978		02 - The Canadian grain exhibit at the Franco-British exhibition in London.

	R-A6574		03 - Contemporary postcards painted a somewhat idyllic vision of farming in Saskatchewan.

	R-A14157		04 - The caption on the back of this postcard read "There is no greater grain growing district in the world than the three pr

	G86.3		05 - Ã¢â‚¬Å“Prosperity follows settlement in Western CanadaÃ¢â‚¬Â - a promotional brochure from the Canadian Department of t

	R-A15567		06 - A railway car used a biblical message to encourage immigration to the West.

	R-A21517-2		07 - By showing Laurier on his way to the West even the cartoonists were trying to attract immigrants from Quebec.

	R-B11320a		08 - A railway poster attracting prospective homesteaders from Ontario with low fares.

	R-B3278		09 - A trainload of settlers from South Dakota heading for the Canadian prairies.

	R-B3761		10 - "A livestock exhibition in Buffalo, New York was used to advertise free land in the Canadian West."

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