Oakville by the Lake - 1893:

As an example of some of the Society's holdings, "Oakville by the Lake" - the July 15, 1893 edition of Toronto's The Saturday Globe - is available by clicking on the links below. Note that page 4 consists mainly of the paper's serial stories and does not deal with Oakville.

The files are quite large - you'll need patience as they download, particularly if you have a dial-up Internet connection. There are some interesting photos of Oakville at the time, and the text is readable by maximizing your window, increasing the pdf's zoom setting to the point where you can read it and scroll as required. All 4 pages can be downloaded at once by clicking on "All Pages" below.

	Roughly estimated download times:
Front Page	431Kb - 90 seconds for dial-up - 5 seconds or less for high speed.
Page 2	498Kb - 2 minutes for dial-up - 5 seconds or less for high speed.
Page 3	529Kb - 2 minutes for dial-up - 6 seconds or less for high speed.
Page 4	809Kb - 3 minutes for dial-up - 10 seconds or less for high speed.
All Pages	2.21MB - 8 minutes for dial-up - 30 seconds or less for high speed.

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