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Another view of the auction.This was an exciting event for the area, who seldom saw any strangers, never mind a whole auction full of people who were considering being their new neighbors.
Whole families came to be part of this event.
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Front Cover of the Advertising Brochure to Create and Sell the Town of Mirror WorldwideJuly, 1911
Mirror, Alberta
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This is the front cover of the brochure, which was sent all over the world, advertising the newly created townsite of Mirror, the expectations for it to become a huge population centre, and the tale of the main auctioning of the town lots, which had just occurred.This brochure was created to entice more investors to buy the remaining town lots and the lakeside lots they expected to create into a resort, and to relocate their families and businesses to this fine new town.
Following are the other pages of this compelling brochure.
In these pages is the heart of our story, the tale of what it was like in our area of the West at that time, and what this new townsite of Mirror was expected to become.
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Page 2 and 3 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, The City Beautiful'July, 1911
Mirror, Alberta
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Page 4 and 5 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, The City Beatuiful'July, 1911
Mirror, Alberta
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Page 6 and 7 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, the City Beautiful'July, 1911
Mirror, Alberta
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Pages 8 and 9 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, the City Beautiful'July, 1911
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Pages 10 and 11 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, the City Beautiful'.July, 1911
Mirror, Alberta
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Pages 12 and 13 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, the City Beautiful'.July, 1911
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Pages 14 and 15 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, the City Beautiful'.July, 1911
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Pages 16 and 17 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, the City Beautiful'.July, 1911
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Pages 18 and 19 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, the City Beautiful'.July, 1911
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Pages 20 and 21 of the Advertising Brochure, 'Mirror, the City Beautiful'.July, 1911
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Pages 22 and 23 of the Advertsing Brochure, 'Mirror, the City Beautiful'.July, 1911
Mirror, Alberta
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