Souviner, Embossed Ellipse on Toe
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 3.9 x 8.9 cm
Credit LineGift of Irene Brown, London, Ontario, 1975
Object number1975.047.151
Label TextRed-coated Mounties, first as the Northwest Mounted Police (1873) and then, from 1920 as the RCMP, have long been a symbol of Canada. In the early 20th century, the Canadian government using the image of the Mountie to promote tourism. Hollywood helped, too. According to Pierre Berton, of the 575 films made about Canada between 1907 and 1956, 256 feature Mounties.
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