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The Planter’s Monthly, Published for the Planters’ Labor and Supply Company of the Hawaiian Islands, No. 8, Vol. 5
Hawaii was seen as ideal land for agriculture during both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; Hawaiians had already been farming there throughout their history to great success. The establishment of agricultural businesses by Europeans and…
Newspaper advert for Vancouver Island
An advertisement in the Daily Colonist newspaper for Vancouver Island in 1941, with illustrations of a cargo train hauling lumber along with cargo steamships. The advertisement was published in the leading newspaper for British Columbia, with a vast…
Photograph of telegraph line construction
A photograph (dimensions unknown) captioned ‘an uphill pull’, by federal government employee Lance Burdon, of two workhorses pulling a large load uphill over felled trees, followed by two men supervising. The construction of the telegraph line…