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 Vegetable
display by J. Stasburger,
ca. 1910 |
 Mr.
Rodick's homesteads, Brandon Hills, Manitoba,
ca. 1910 |
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Cutting and stooking on Fred
Engen's farm, Saskatchewan
ca. 1910, by John Woodruff
Carefully selected imagery prepared for the Immigration
Branch of the Department of the Interior was instrumental
in changing public perceptions of the West from a desolate
and barren landscape to a bountiful and thriving agricultural
region. Not surprisingly, the majority of promotional
photographs were views of large farms and productive
harvests.
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