Canada Welcomes American Troops
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Boy Scouts with flags and spectators line street, truck passes in front, banner on building behind them, ‘Committee of Welcome Headquarters’ - Scouts wave flags. “A trainload of American Sailors land in Canada enroute to the seaboard.” Sailors wave hats, flags - spectators on train platform as train pulls out. “Cheering the Welcome Committee at Windsor which supplied the Americans with stamped postcards, magazines and ‘fags.’” Women with baskets handing things to sailors hanging out of train windows - sailor writing on postcard. “American Troop train arriving in Windsor, Canada.” Train loaded with soldiers arriving at station, women at windows talking with soldiers. “It is hard to say ‘Good-bye’ in a war like this. It’s a prayer -- and more. Women handing out postcards. [1918]
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