- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Thousand Island Yacht Club, Welcome Island N. Y.
- Creator:
- A.C. Bosselman & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
- Publisher:
- New York, NY: A. C. Bosselman & Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1908
- Subject:
- Thousand Islands (N.Y. and Ont.)
Yacht clubs--New York (State)--Thousand Islands
Postcards--New York (State) - Location:
- United States, New York, Jefferson County, 43.99885, -76.05211
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches) titled – Thousand Island Yacht Club, Welcome Island, N. Y. This postcard has a depiction of the yacht club on Welcome Island, N.Y. The yacht club is named for The Thousand Islands, a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada–US border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. They stretch for about 50 miles downstream from Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario and the U.S. islands in the state of New York. The islands range in size from over 40 square miles to smaller islands occupied by a single residence, or uninhabited outcroppings of rocks. To count as one of the Thousand Islands, emergent land within the river channel must have at least one square foot of land above water level year-round, and support at least two living trees. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many distinguished visitors made the region widely known as a summer resort. During the half century (1874–1912) of the resort's greatest prominence, most wealthy vacationers came from New York City, joined by prominent families from Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and other cities of the United States and Canada. No descriptive text on reverse. Postage affixed: green Franklin one cent stamp. Postmarked Fineview, N. Y. Message dated August 12, 1908.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-499
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-499#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-499/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
