The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
Happy Thanksgiving!
In honor of Thanksgiving, enjoy today’s view of Turkey Point Lighthouse!
TITLE: Turkey Point Lighthouse
CAPTION: Elk Neck, MD c1900
The 38-foot tower was built in 1833. Located at the head of the Chesapeake Bay It serves traffic to and from the Susquehanna River. The last woman keeper in the nation retired from this lighthouse in 1947.
POSTCARD ID: PC128404
PUBLISHER: © Lieb Image Archives, York, PA
Printed in the U.S.A.
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Owl’s Head Light
Owl’s Head, Maine
near Rockland
CAPTION: One of the many pictureque lighthouses along the coast of Maine, with Camden Hills in distance.
POSTCARD ID: P6052
PUBLISHER: Pub. by Eastern Ill. & Pub. Co., Belfast, Maine
POSTMARK: Southwest Harbor Maine AUG 23 1954
TITLE: Plymouth, Hoe From The Grand Hotel
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 83951
PUBLISHER: Photochrom Co. Ltd Copyright
Graphic Studios ~ Turnbridge Wells~Kent
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
CAPTION: 50 miles south of San Francisco, is one of the most picturesquely situated lighthouses on California’s Pacific Coast. The 115-foot tower was erected in 1871
Faro De La Paloma
a 50 millas de San Francisco, as uno de tos faras mas pinterescomente situadas en to costa del Pacifico en California. La tarre de 115 pies de altura fue erigida en 1871.
POSTCARD ID: 27560
PUBLISHER: Photograh © 1966 and published by Rudolf K. Meyer
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Heavy Surf and Mile Rock Lighthouse at Entrance to “The Golden Gate.” San Francisco, California
CAPTION: NONE
POSTCARD ID: 58 & 43703
PUBLISHER: Scenic View Post Card Co., 667 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal.
POSTMARK: Burlingame, Calif. AUG 16 1950
TITLE: Two Lights and Cape Elizabeth Life Saving Station, Portland Harbor, Maine
CAPTION: NONE
POSTCARD ID: 46 & 134024
PUBLISHER: Pub. by Chisholm Bros., Portland, ME.
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Launching the Lifeboat, Hampton Beach, N.H.
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: Unknown
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Thatcher’s Island, Twin Lights, Gloucester, Mass.
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: A-44286
PUBLISHER: C.T. American Art
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: West Quoddy Light, Most Eastern Point in U.S.A.
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: Artvue Post Card Co., 225 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y.
POSTMARK: Lubec, Maine JUL 12 1946
TITLE: Famous Marblehead Lighthouse, over 100 years old.
Marblehead Lighthouse, on Lake Erie, 3 Miles East of Lakeside
CAPTION: MARBLEHEAD LIGHTHOUSE, a great beacon, established in 1820, to guide mariners around this rocky peninsula shore, is a point of interest to all tourists. Idustrially this community has one principal industry, a great limestone quarry. Cottages and cabins and boats for the fisherman are in abundance.
POSTCARD ID: 268 & 44243-C-N
PUBLISHER: Geo. H. Tremper, Sandusky, Ohio, Distributor
Genuine Curteich-Chicago “C.T. American Art” Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard