A great card from Ajax, Ontario. I love these old advertisement posters promoting that newcomers to Canada should move out to the Canadian prairies. The pictures always show a bumper crop in the fields and an idyllic life. However, as a Canadian history teacher, I know that a lot of the free land (well, $10) that was given away by the Canadian government was given up by many early homesteaders. Most had to live in sod houses for several years as lumber was scarce. Getting started wasn't as easy as the government tried to promote. Some families left and tried their luck in the new cities and towns that were springing up on the prairies.
Mölln is a small city of about 20 000 located in northern Germany. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal flows through the town, and there are eight small lakes that surround the city. It was founded in the 12th century and was a part of the Old Salt Route. Salt that was produced in the salt mines of Lower-Saxony was shipped to the Baltic Sea. Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought, is said to have lived in Mölln the last year of his life. He apparently died of the plague in 1350, but his existence has never been proven. Mölln has several monuments dedicated to him.
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