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Doukhobor women are shown breaking the prairie sod by pulling a plough themselves, Thunder Hill Colony, Manitoba. c 1899 / Des femmes doukhobors labourent la prairie en tirant elles-mêmes une charrue, colonie de Thunder Hill (Manitoba), vers 1899
Date:c 1899Reference:Box number: 4824Type of material:PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:3193404Date(s):c 1899Bilingual equivalent:Place:Thunder Hill, Man.,Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 photographLanguage of material:EnglishAdditional name(s):Additional information:General note:In 1898, 7,400 Doukhobors, translated literally from the Russian as "Spirit Wrestlers", escaped persecution by emigrating to what was to become Saskatchewan. Their motto:"Toil and peaceful life".
Doukhobor women are shown breaking the prairie sod by pullng a plough themselves.
Described by the RECON project.Exhibitions note:Exhibition Title: On the Job. Curator: Eleanor Brown; National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2000.06.05 - 2001.01.07Series added entry:Natural Space / Espace naturelSubject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:1954-165 NPC -
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NilBox [DOUKHOBORS 1954-165] 4824[Consultation Open]Copy negative [1954-165 NPC] C-000681[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada/C-000681
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