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Boarding clipper at Miami, Fla

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Boarding clipper at Miami, Fla

Date10/15/1948

Names

Pan American (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Boarding clipper at Miami, Fla., these Mennonites are the second group from Canada to be on their way to their new homes in Paraguay. In advance guard went to South America in May to make arrangements for the migration of some 1,700 members of the sect who are leaving their Western Canada homes to carve out homes in vast Gran Chaco

Subject

Mennonites

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Object NumberTSPA_0026822F

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