The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
TITLE: Versailles (Trianon). – La Laiterie
Hameau de la Reine ~ The Queen’s Hamlet
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 184
PUBLISHER: P. D. Paris
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
According to Wikipedia, “The Hameau de la Reine … The Queen’s Hamlet) is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783…
… The building scheme included a farmhouse, a dairy, a dovecote, a boudoir, a barn … a mill and a tower in the form of a lighthouse.”
TITLE: Lake Vettern, Sweden
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: N°3642
PUBLISHER: Axel Eliassons Konstforlag, Stockholm
POSTMARK: Union Village VT JAN 23 1906
TITLE: Gibraltar Europa Point during a storm
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: Published by Photochrom Co., Ltd., Tunbridge Wells
for Messrs Bruce Starke & Co., Ltd., London
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized, White Border Postcard
TITLE: Lands End, “The Irish Lady” and Longships Lighthouse
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: No.61295
PUBLISHER: F. Frith & Co., Ltd Reigate
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Beachy Head, Eastbourne
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 50167
PUBLISHER: Valentine’s Series ~ British Manufature
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Lizard Lighthouse RPPC
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: None
POSTMARK: 26 JY 1926
TITLE: Lindau mit den Alpen ~ Lindau Westmole
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: Ld 3
PUBLISHER: Dr. Trenkler Co., Leipzig 1907
POSTMARK: 7-8/1907
This Lighthouse is also known as Smeaton’s Tower
the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse.
TITLE: The Hoe Promenade. Plymouth Great Western Railway
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: G.W.R> Series 5
PUBLISHER: Great Western Railroad
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Aerial – Point Sur Lighthouse
CAPTION: This exceptional view, from seaward, clearly shows the strategic location of Point Sur Lighthouse and massive cliffs along State Hiway 1 in Monterey County, Calif. Staffed and operated by the Coast Guard.
Color photo by Randy Larson
POSTCARD ID: C11067
PUBLISHER: Distributed by Bell Magazine Agency, Monterey, Calif
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Bass Harbor Light
Mt. Desert Island, Maine
CAPTION: Picturesque Bass Harbor light is located below Southwest Harbor at the extreme tip of Acadia National Park near Bernard and McKinley.
Color Photo: Paul A. Knaut, Jr®
POSTCARD ID: C15993 and ME1333D
PUBLISHER: Published by Paul Knaut, Jr., Dover-Foxcroft, ME
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard