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ORIGINAL THE GLOBE (Globe & Mail), PETROLEA, TORONTO, 1893 - $20 (Jarvis Street & Front Street E., Toronto, Ontario)
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Featured article on the front page is, 'Petrolea and the Oil Industry', with photo images of the town including its Imperial Oil plant, its mayor, O. Simmons, J.L. Englhart, Vice-President and Manager of Imperial Oil Company, F.A. Fitzgerald, President of Imperial Oil Company, & J.H. Fairbank.
On the inside are photo images that include, D. Cameron, & other images of the town including its Town Hall and Opera House, Masonic Temple, R. & J. Jackson's Mill and Lumber Yard, Oil Well Supply Company's works, Drilling & Pumping rigs, Imperial Oil Company's Jumbo Agitator, Largest in America, Major Van Tuyl, John Fraser, Ex-Mayor, Crescent Park, National Oil Company's works, & John Scott, Alderman.
Advertisements include:
Kent Bros. 'Retiring from Business Clearing Sale', Toronto; Ayer's Sarsapariila; Rogers Bros. & Meriden B. Company (Silver); Peel Island Wine Co. Ltd., J.S. Hamilton & Co., Brantford; Doherty Mfg. Co., Sarnia; The Canada Sugar Refining Co., Redpath; Davies Brothers, Toronto; C.F. Adams Co. (Furniture), Toronto.
Petrolea, now known as Petrolia, is a town in southwestern Ontario, as part of Lambton County. It's billed as, “Canada's Victorian Oil Town”, & is often credited with helping start the oil industry in North America.
Watermark & low definition images are only online to protect the purchaser.
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