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"Arbeitslöhne" (Wages)

Part of a railroad poster encouraging immigrants to Kansas.

"Arbeitslöhne" is one section of text of a promotional poster encouraging German-speaking people to immigrate to Kansas and secure homesteads. It lists wages for some common jobs. This is section 1F of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe poster titled "Die Beste Gelegenheit in Kansas".

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Transcription of 'Arbeitslöhne'
Type: image
Project: WJHS Grant
Temporal coverage: 1870s
Spacial coverage: Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company
Object date:1873
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