The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
TITLE: South Tower Lens, Twin Lights Lighthouse, Highlands, New Jersey
CAPTION: This “hyper radiant” bivalve lens used an electric arc light and at 25,000,000 candlepower was for many years the most powerful light in the United States. The light rotated through the night powered by a clockwork Drive would every four hours.
POSTCARD ID: TLHS-9 & 35126510
PUBLISHER: Pub. by H.K Barnett, Allison Park, PA
POSTMARK: None, Not Used Postally
TITLE: “TWIN LIGHTS”
CAPTION: Thatcher’s Island, Massachusetts
Just off the shore of Cape Ann. Built 1771. The only twin lighthouses along the Atlantic Coast. Under ordinary atmospheric conditions they can be seen approximately 19 miles from out at sea.
From a Painting by J. Bradford Hague
POSTCARD ID: 72291
PUBLISHER: Pub. by J. Bradford Hague, New York, N.Y.
POSTMARK: None – Not Used Postally
MASSACHUSETTS NORTH SHORE
TITLE: Lighthouses of the Massachusetts North Shore
CAPTION: Top, l to r: Annisquam Light, Annisquam; Hospital Point Light, Beverly. Bot. l to r: Eastern Point Light, Gloucester; Twin Lights, Rockport; Lighthouse Point, Marblehead.
POSTCARD ID: CC-50 and P326293
PUBLISHER: Coastal Colour Products, Danvers, MA
POSTMARK: None, not used postally
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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
