File:Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of (14577629527).jpg

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

Original file ‎(3,232 × 1,378 pixels, file size: 1.23 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English:

Identifier: picturesqueameri01brya (find matches)
Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
Subjects:
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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:
of Mark RockLanding, with the steamertouching at the wharf, mightbe repeated almost indefi-nitely. For miles and mileson both sides of the bay,places of resort for summervisitors have been estab-lished ; while the towns ofPawtuxet, East Greenwich,Warwick, Wickford, andKingston, on the westernshore, and Nayatt, Barring-ton, Warren, Bristol, Ports-mouth, Middletown, and theworld - renowned Newport,furnish salubrious and attrac-tive residences for permanentas well as for temporary do-micil. Let us linger for awhile at Rocky Point, onWarwick Neck, about twelvemiles south of Providence,and see what it is whichattracts such multitudes tothis spot. When we aretold that, in the summer of1872, not fewer than twohundred thousand personslanded here — there beingmore than twelve thousandvisitors in a single day—and that steamboats, crowdedto repletion with passengers,deposit their burdens hereeight times every day ; thatone of the several dining-rooms connected with thehotel covers a space of
Text Appearing After Image:
Ph 5o8 PICTURESQUE AMERICA.

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/14577629527/

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
Flickr posted date
InfoField
28 July 2014
The categories of this image need checking. You can do so here.
  • Please remove redundant categories and try to put this image in the most specific category/categories.
  • You can remove this template by clicking here (or on the first line).



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@N07/14577629527. It was reviewed on 2 October 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

2 October 2015

File history

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

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current16:23, 2 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 16:23, 2 October 20153,232 × 1,378 (1.23 MB)SteinsplitterBot (talk | contribs)Bot: Image rotated by 90°
15:52, 2 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 15:52, 2 October 20151,378 × 3,236 (1.23 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': picturesqueameri01brya ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fpicturesqueameri01brya%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:Picturesque_America;_or,_The_land_we_live_in._A_delineation_by_pen_and_pencil_of_the_mountains,_rivers,_lakes,_forests,_water-falls,_shores,_cañons,_valleys,_cities,_and_other_picturesque_features_of_(14577629527).jpg&oldid=598118208"