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Title
Doukhobor women are shown breaking the prairie sod by pulling a plough themselves, Thunder Hill Colony, Manitoba. c 1899 / Des femmes doukhobors labourent la prairie en tirant elles-mêmes une charrue, colonie de Thunder Hill (Manitoba), vers 1899.
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Arrangement structure
Item (linked) part of
Bilingual equivalent
Date(s)
c 1899
Place
Thunder Hill, Man.
Place of creation
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Extent
1 photograph
Language of material
English
Conditions of access
Graphic (photo)
90: Open
Nil
Nil
Graphic (photo)
Copy negative C-000681
Copy negative C-000681
90: Open
Graphic (photo)
90: Open
Box
04824
04824
90: Open
Other accession no.
1954-165 NPC
Terms of use
Credit: Library and Archives Canada/C-000681
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired
Additional name(s)
Photographer: Unknown.
Additional information
In 1898, 7,400 Doukhobors, translated literally from the Russian as "Spirit Wrestlers", escaped persecution by emigrating to what was to become Saskatchewan. Their motto:"Toil and peaceful life".
Doukhobor women are shown breaking the prairie sod by pullng a plough themselves.
Described by the RECON project.
Doukhobor women are shown breaking the prairie sod by pullng a plough themselves.
Described by the RECON project.
Series title
Natural Space / Espace naturel
Exhibitions note
On the Job / Au boulot; Eleanor Brown; National Archives of Canada; 2000.05 - 2001.01
Subject heading
Immigration & Colonization - Doukhobors.
Source
Private
Other system control no.
MIKAN no.
3193404
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