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Written in Norwegian, this is a Kansas Pacific Railroad company advertisement to emigrants from Norway describing the great and abundant land available for purchase in the area around Saline and McPherson Counties in Kansas.
Creator: Union Pacific Railway Company
Date: 1877
Item Number: 210135
Call Number: K 385 Un3 Pam. v. 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210135
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Realtors
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Immigration promotion
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Library
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Professional
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1870s - 1877
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Booklet
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Pamphlet
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Booklet
Objects and Artifacts - Distribution & Transportation Artifacts - Rail Transportation, Equipment
Places - International - Norway
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Immigration promotion
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Transportation - Water - Ships
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Pamphlets
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