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C. A. Petersen, settler in the Colony "Germania" of Ellinwood

Part of a railroad poster encouraging immigrants to Kansas.

"Herr C. A. Petersen aus Boston, Mass" is one section of text of a promotional poster encouraging German-speaking people to immigrate to Kansas and secure homesteads. It is a letter that serves as a testimonial about advantages of farming in Kansas, where Petersen settled in a German colony at Ellinwood. This is section 9B of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway poster titled "Die Beste Gelegenheit im Westen."

Related links:
About the colony "Germania"
Entire poster
Testimonial from Arkansas Valley
Testimonial from Sumner County
The letter continues
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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