Category: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Title: FARMER STRIKES IT RICH IN CANADA. John Pristow, who migrated to Canada from Poland several years ago, with his wife and children, Mike, Helen and Fred, on their land near Leduc, Alberta. An oil well is seen in the left background. This is one of five brought in recently in this agricultural section of the Dominion and it returns Mr. Pristow royalties of $225 daily.
Date: 1947-07
Medium: gelatin silver print with retouching and editing marks
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: NYT.2016.0542.0002

Inscriptions:
Recto, handwritten: 624; Verso, handwritten: 14-485-L-5-D [circled]; printed: [newsprint adhered with paste] FARMER STRIKES IT RICH IN CANADA / John Pristow, who migrated to Canada from Poland several years / ago, with his wife and children, Mike, Helen and Fred, on their land / near Leduc, Alberta. An oil well is seen in the left background. This / is one of five brought in recently in this agricultural section of the / Dominion and it returns Mr. Pristow royalties of $225 daily. / Associated Press; stamped: 1947 JUL 18 PM8 45; stamped: 1947 JUL 18 PM5 54; stamped: 1947 JUL 18 PM5 29; handwritten and stamped: Oil / 2 Cols / WANTED / FIRST / CITY [struck through] / LATE [struck through]; handwritten and stamped: [circled] Sunday / JUL 20 1947; stamped: RETURN TO TIMES / DATE RECEIVED / JUL 20 1947 / IN PICTURE FILES / PHOTO LIBRARY; handwritten and stamped: News DAILY / 2 COLS 3 15/16 x 4 7/8 / WANTED / 2ND Ed / REMAKE; handwritten: 3010-L [circled and struck through]; stamped: 1947 JUL 18 PM8 53; stamped: 1947 JUL 19 17 56; stamped: 1947 JUL 19 21 01Recto, écrit à la main : 624 ; Verso, manuscrit : 14-485-L-5-D [encerclé] ; imprimé : [papier journal collé] UN AGRICULTEUR S'ENRICHIT AU CANADA / John Pristow, qui a émigré au Canada depuis la Pologne il y a plusieurs années / avec sa femme et ses enfants, Mike, Helen et Fred, sur leurs terres / près de Leduc, Alberta. Un puits de pétrole est visible à l'arrière-plan gauche. C'est l'un des cinq puits récemment mis en service dans cette région agricole du / Dominion et il rapporte à M. Pristow des redevances de 225 $ par jour. / Associated Press ; estampillé : 1947 18 JUILLET PM8 45 ; estampillé : 1947 18 JUILLET PM5 54 ; timbre : 1947 18 JUILLET PM5 29 ; manuscrit et cachet : Oil / 2 Cols / RECHERCHE / PREMIÈRE / VILLE [frappé par] / RETARC [frappé par] ; manuscrit et tamponné : [encerclé] Dimanche / 20 JUILLET 1947 ; tamponné : RETOUR AU TEMPS / DATE DE RECEPTION / 20 JUILLET 1947 / EN IMAGES / BIBLIOTHÈQUE ; manuscrit et cachet : Actualitiés QUOTIDIENNES / 2 COLS 3 15/16 x 4 7/8 / RECHERCHÉ / 2ND Ed / REMAKE ; manuscrit : 3010-L [entouré et barré] ; cachet : 1947 18 JUILLET PM8 53 ; timbré : 1947 19 JUILLET 17 56 ; oblitéré : 1947 19 JUILLET 21 01

Credit Line: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection, The Image Centre.