Cheap fares for harvesters gave farm workers a chance to scout for land while working in western Canada. The American pictured here appears to be taking his anvil, cream separator, weigh-scale and wagon wheels with him.

The rule of law in the very British-looking Dominion across the border is emphasised by the welcoming Canadian figure, wearing what look like Royal Northwest Mounted Police "fatigues", but with a "civilian" red sash.

Another important message is carried by the smokestacks of industrial cities on the American side of the border. Farmers in search of large tracts of agricultural land could find it in the Canadian west; and the Canadian Pacific Railway had good land for sale.