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Section7B&8
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From the Ellinwood Colony

Part of a railroad poster encouraging immigrants to Kansas.

This is one section of text of a promotional poster encouraging German-speaking people to immigrate to Kansas and secure homesteads. It is one of several testimonials of previous immigrants. This is section 7B&8 of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway poster titled "Die Beste Gelegenheit im Westen."

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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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