The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
TITLE: Point Vincente Lighthouse
CAPTION: on the southwest tip of the Palos Verdes Peninsula offers unrestricted view of the Pacific Ocean to the west and south.
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: Union Oil Companies
Natural Color Scens of the West
Tour the West with UNION
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Owl’s Head Light
CAPTION: Owl’s Head, Maine
near Rockland
One of the many picturesque lighthouses along the coast of Maine, with Camden Hills in distance.
Color Photo by Ray Goodrich
POSTCARD ID: M-2306 & 18643-B
PUBLISHER: Published by Eastern Illustrating Co., New London, N.H.
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
This postcard is similar to our Lighthouse Postcard of the Day for November 23, 2016.
Differences include scalloped edges and a different layout on the back of the card, including different Postcard ID’s. Both images are by Ray Goodrich.
TITLE: Air View, Pemaquid Light
CAPTION: and Sea Gull Gift Shop
Pemaquid Point, Maine
POSTCARD ID: 10372-B
PUBLISHER: Genuine Color Cards by Eastern Illustrating, Belfast, Maine
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: First Order Lens from Hog Island Lighthouse, Virginia
CAPTION: The Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Virginia
POSTCARD ID: D-10143
PUBLISHER: Distributed by Madison’s, Inc., Williamsburg, VA.
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: The Needles I.O.W.
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 700
PUBLISHER: Judges
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
Check out more on The Needles here
TITLE: Lighthouse Comic
CAPTION: Hey, Pull Down Your Shade! The Fleet’s In!
POSTCARD ID: NC-10
PUBLISHER: Unknown
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
A QSL card is a written confirmation of either a two-way radiocommunication between two amateur radio stations or a one-way reception of a signal from an AM radio, FM radio, television or shortwave broadcasting station. It can also confirm the reception of a two-way radiocommunication by a third party listener. A typical QSL card is the same size and made from the same material as a typical postcard, and most are sent through the mail as such. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QSL_card
TITLE: Head Harbour Light House, Campobello Island, N.B.
CAPTION: QSL VE1TC
POSTCARD ID: VE1TC
PUBLISHER: J. Leo Douset
POSTMARK: Bathurst, N.B. 1969
TITLE: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
CAPTION: Towering 208 feet, it is the tallest lighthouse in the United States. Overlooking dreaded Diamond Shoals and “the Graveyard of the Atlantic”, it is the most famous landmark on the North Carolina coast.
Photo by Hugh Morton
POSTCARD ID: P981361
PUBLISHER: Elizabeth City News Co., Elizabeth City, North Carolina
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Greetings from Saint Simons Island, Georgia
CAPTION: St. Simons Island is one ofthe largest of Georgia’s famous “Golden Isles”. Guale Indians called the Island Asao. Spain established the first mission on St. Simons in 1568, and priest of the Jesuit Order, serving this mission, called it San Simon. The anglicized version of the name of the old mission is the name the Island bears today.
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: Wards News Co., St. Simons Island, GA.
POSTMARK: Saint Simons Island, GA JUL 7 1947
TITLE: Bodie Island Lighthouse
CAPTION: Outer Banks, North Carolina
In the “Heart” of America’s great vacationland, along the Outer Banks of beautiful North Carolina.
Aerial by BruceMiley
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: Elizabeth City News Co., Elizabeth City, North Carolina
POSTMARK: Rocky Mount, NC 5 AUG 1992