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160 acres de terre libre

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Item

Date:

1900-1905.

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2945664

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Department of Employment and Immigration fonds

Immigration Program sous-fonds

Headquarters central registry files

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

160 acres de terre libre
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1900-1905.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : lithograph

Language of material:

French

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Card in French, 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:

This poster is held in GARDD, RG 76 Immigration Branch Records, Vol 225, file no. 113228, part 9
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.

Note on the state of conservation:

There are two copies of this card in the file and both are in very fragile condition with multiple tears

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: on the stone, u.l.: 160 Acres / de terre / libre [underlined] / 400 milions d'acres de terre arable / au CANADA / pour / chaque / colon.
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poster

FORM - POSTERS, GENERAL - IMMIGRATION

Immigration & Colonization - French
Source:

Government
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Graphic (art)

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Requests for access should be directed to GARDD.

Copy negative C-089537

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada
Copyright: Expired.

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