Ocracoke Lighthouse

Ocracoke Lighthouse, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

TITLE: Ocracoke Lighthouse
CAPTION: Ocracoke Lighthouse
Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
The picturesque setting belies the fact that its sole reason for existance is prevention of disaster to those who ply the treacherous waters of its “shoaly” coast.
Photo by Hugh Morton
POSTCARD ID: P81364
PUBLISHER: Elizabeth City News Co., Elizabeth City, North Carolina
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard

Turkey Point Lighthouse, Maryland

Happy Thanksgiving!

In honor of Thanksgiving, enjoy today’s view of Turkey Point Lighthouse!

Turkey Point Lighthouse, Elk Neck, MD

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

Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, California

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

Famous Marblehead Lighthouse, over 100 years old

 

Famous Marblehead Lighthouse, over 100 years old.

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

Staten Island Light, Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y.

Staten Island Light, Richmond, Staten Island, NY
Staten Island Light, Richmond, Staten Island, NY

TITLE: Staten Island Light
Richmond
Staten Island, N.Y.
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: Noen
PUBLISHER: Sold by Weitzman’s Photo Shop, Stapleton, S.I., N.Y.
A “ColourPicture” Publication Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.

POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard