File:Picton - the scenic town of Canada - the angler's paradise home (1912) (14778423514).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,112 × 1,452 pixels, file size: 669 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English:

Identifier: pictonscenictown00unse (find matches)
Title: Picton : the scenic town of Canada : the angler's paradise home
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors:
Subjects:
Publisher: S.l. : s.n.
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Queen's University - University of Toronto Libraries

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
Recreations* With her noble, natural resources it is not to be wond-ered at that Picton is the centre of yachting circles forthe Bay of Quinte District. And such is, indeed, thecase. The Picton Yacht Club is one of the verystrongest organizations of this nature to be found upon On the Bay near Glen Island.;) and their bi-monthly shoots have become very popular,both from a spectators as well as a competitors pointof view. Many valuable prizes are competed for (duringthe season and several matches arc annually arrangedwith clubs from nearby towns. The club has very pleas-ant quarters in the Agricultural Park, where their trapsare located.
Text Appearing After Image:
the great lakes. It is officered by prominent businessmen whose sporting instincts have a tendency to favoraquatic lines, and the large regatta held under the aus-pices of this club annually at Glen Island, it is but a glow-ing evidence of the popularity of this sublime pastimethroughout the entire bay section. So popular, indeed,has the club become that many foreign colors are now Baseball, wheeling and running always find large fol-lowing among the local young men, and the time is notfar distant ere Pictons runners will rank well up inleading athletic circles. In racing circles Picton has long held a creditable posi-tion. Here some of the finest strains of thoroughbredtrotting and pacing steeds in the world are to be found, Picton Old Boys Souvenir Edition. 1 7 representatives from her numerous racing stables havingwon many notable events on the turf both in Canada andthe United States. Picton is the home of such well-known horses as Sidney Pointer, the Medium family andWilkes strai

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14778423514/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:pictonscenictown00unse
  • bookyear:1912
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookpublisher:S_l____s_n_
  • bookcontributor:Queen_s_University_Library__W_D__Jordan_Special_Collections_and_Music_Library
  • booksponsor:Queen_s_University___University_of_Toronto_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:17
  • bookcollection:queens_university
  • bookcollection:toronto
Flickr posted date
InfoField
29 July 2014


Licensing

[edit]
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14778423514. It was reviewed on 8 October 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

8 October 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:00, 8 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 21:00, 8 October 20152,112 × 1,452 (669 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': pictonscenictown00unse ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fpictonscenictown00unse%2F fin...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Picton_-_the_scenic_town_of_Canada_-_the_angler%27s_paradise_home_(1912)_(14778423514).jpg&oldid=651012277"