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G86.3

Item Date
1905

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Prosperity follows settlement in Western CanadaÃ¢â‚¬Â - a promotional brochure from the Canadian Department of the Interior

"Frank Oliver, the Minister of the Interior from 1905-1911, continued the policies of Sifton, but put more emphasis on attracting American settlers to Saskatchewan."

Document Details
Reference Number:	G86.3
Media Type:	document
Keywords:	Immigration; Advertising

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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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