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160 Acres Fritt Land / 200 Millioner Acres i Vestra Canada

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Date:

1900-1905.

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2918573

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Department of Employment and Immigration fonds

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North Atlantic Trading Company - Posters & pamphlets in various languages "160 Acres Free Homestead Land in Canada"

160 Acres Fritt Land / 200 Millioner Acres i Vestra Canada
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1900-1905.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print : lithograph on wove paper

Language of material:

Swedish

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Card in Swedish, advertising "160 acres of free land in Canada." On the verso is a map showing potential sea routes to Canada from Europe.

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General note:

The North Atlantic Trading Company distributed this advertising card as part of its effort to recruit immigrants to Canada. Thousands of these cards in many European languages were circulated by mail between 1900 and 1905.
This poster is held in GARDD, in RG 76 Immigration Records Branch, Volume 225, file 113228.
"160 Acres Fritt Land / 200 Millioner Acres i Vestra Canada-"160 acres of free land in Canada" in Swedish" (Caption title, Canadian History Hall)

Reproduction note:

A reproduction of this print was made for Canadian History Hall, 2017.07.01

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: on the stone: 160 ACRES/FRITT LAND...[Swedish] (partial)

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Poster, Immigration
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Immigration - Swedish

poster
Source:

Government
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Copy negative C-089542

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada
Copyright: Expired.

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