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Advertising in the United States, 1900-1920s



National Archives of Canada
C-63078 		 

Hundreds of posters, and thousands of pamphlets, were produced by the Immigration Branch for distribution in the United States. Sifton also invested heavily in newspaper advertising. By 1903, Immigration Branch advertisements were carried in 1,700 American newspapers and periodicals, with a combined circulation of over 7,000,000.

 





National Archives of Canada
PA-25940 		 

The immigration work has to be carried out in the same manner as the sale of any commodity; just as soon as you stop advertizing and missionary work the movement is going to stop.
- Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, 1899.




"Prairie Schooners. Alberta or Bust. From Uncle Sam to John Bull" is stamped across this photograph. Some settlers travelled by wagon to western Canada, to avoid the exorbitant fares charged by American railroads opposed to the migration north.

Barring accidents, the wagon trip from Great Falls to Calgary can be made in ten days, and with a light covered wagon drawn by a good team of horses, a tent, a bed and a camp cooking outfit, the hardiest plainsman of Montana wants no better way of making the journey to Canada.

- Twentieth Century Canada, 1906.


  
Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Canada
NA-237-9

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