Freighter Entering Duluth-Superior Harbor, North and South Pier Lights

TITLE:  Opening of Navigation Season
First Giant Freighters Entering Ship Canal and Duluth-Superior Harbor

 
CAPTION: OPENING OF NAVIGATION SEASON,
FIRST GIANT FREIGHTERS ENTERING
DULUTH-SUPERIOR HARBOR
The navigation season for Duluth-Superior harbor for Interlake navigation is approximately from April 15th to December 15th or about eight months. This view shows the giant freighters on their first trip of the season to the head of the Great Lakes, as they enter Duluth-Superior harbor.
POSTCARD ID: 142-D2B-H1222
PUBLISHER: Zenith Interstate News Co., Duluth, MINN.
POSTMARK: Not, Not Used Postally

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse 1972 2¢ National Parks Centennial: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

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

Hooper Strait Lighthouse, Tangier Sound, Maryland

TITLE:  Hooper Strait Lighthouse


CAPTION:  Hooper Strait Lighthouse, located at the northern entrance to Tangier Sound, and the sloop, J.T. Leonard – now permanent exhibits at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Md.
POSTCARD ID:  None
PUBLISHER: Drawn an Published by J. B. Moll, Jr., Oxford, MD
POSTMARK: None – Not Used Postally

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Baltimore, MD

TITLE: Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse


CAPTION:  The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse built in 1856, guided ships sailing the Chesapeake Bay before its relocation to Baltimore’s majestic Inner Harbor for restoration by the Living Classrooms Foundation.  Every day, the Foundation’s historic Chesapeake Bay vessels sail with children in challenging hands-on education programs.
POSTCARD ID: CP18717
PUBLISHER:  Pub. by Traub Co., Baltimore, MD
POSTMARK:  None ~ Not Used Postally


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Execution Rocks Lighthouse, Long Island, NY

TITLE:  Execution Rocks Lighthouse


CAPTION:  This aid to navigation is a familiar sight to commercial boatmen and the many yachtsmen who pilot their craft on Long Island Sound.  It stands about midway between Manhasset and Hempstead Bays, off Sands Point, Port Washington, Long Island, N.Y.
“COME TO LONG ISLAND FOR A REAL VACATION”
POSTCARD ID: 5D-68769-B
PUBLISHER: Reproduced in Natural Color by Tomlin Art Co., Northport, N.Y.
Copyright Color Photo by Milt Price, Northport, N.Y.
POSTMARK: None. Not used postally

Tibbets Point Lighthouse, NY

TITLE: TIBBETS POINT LIGHT HOUSE

CAPTION:  Cape Vincent, N.Y.
At the outlet of Lake Ontario and the head of the St. Lawrence River, about three miles from Cape Vincent, was fist built in 1827 and rebuilt in 1854. A circular staircase leads to the light, which is 67 feet above the water and visible for 14 nautical miles.
POSTCARD ID: P12541
PUBLISHER: Published by Sterling Wholesale, Gouverneur, N.Y.
POSTMARK: Not used postally

 

Fire Island Lighthouse New York

TITLE:  Fire Island Lighthouse, New York

CAPTION:   This lighthouse is the first to be sighted by ships coming from Europe.
POSTCARD ID:  14591
PUBLISHER:  Made by E Tomlin Art Company, Northport, Long Island, N.Y.
POSTMARK:   Not Postmarked, Not used postally