The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
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: Golden Gate and Fort Winfield Scott, Fort Point, San Francisco
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 1005
PUBLISHER: Britton & Rey, Lithographers, S.F.
Publishers of Pictorial Post Cards
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Hunting Island Lighthouse, Coastal South Carolina
CAPTION: Established in 1859, the old Beaufort County lighthouse is the island’s third. Out of operation for over 30 years, the present structure was completed in 1889. The first structure was destroyed during the Confederate War. The secound structure, one fourth mile inland, was soon unsafe due to sea erosion and moved 1-1/4 miles to the present site. The lighthouse is open to the public.
Photographed by Ernest Ferguson
POSTCARD ID: 70243-B
PUBLISHER: Published by Photo Arts, Winnsboro, S.C.
Dexter Press, Inc.
West Nyack, New York
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse
CAPTION: On the northeastern point of Newcastle Island near old Fort Consititution, New Hampshire. The station shows a fixed red light of 2100 candlepower visible for thirteen miles.
POSTCARD ID: MC357
PUBLISHER: Published for Bromley & Comapny Inc., Boston 14. Massachusetts
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
This postcard will bring us back to lighthouses, and features the Block Island, RI North Light House and Life Saving Station!
TITLE: Block Island, R.I. North Light House and Life Saving Station
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 30030
PUBLISHER: The Hugh C. Leighton Co. Manufacturers, Portland, Me., U.S.A. Made in Germany
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Life Saving Station, Summerville, N.Y.
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: No B11154
PUBLISHER: Published by The Rochester News Company, Rochester, N.Y.
Leipzig-Berlin
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: The Breeches Buoy in Action
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 71.-10
PUBLISHER: Illustrated Post Card Co., New York-Leipzig
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: New Life Saving Station, Biddeford Pool, Me
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: E-1090, 201095 and S. 1383
PUBLISHER: Unknown- Germany
POSTMARK: None Unused Standard Sized postcard
TITLE: Ram Island Ledge L.H.
CAPTION: RAM ISLAND LEDGE L.H., built in 1905 on the north side of the entrance to Portland Harbor, has a flashing white light 77 feet above water.
Aerial photo by A.D. Phillips
POSTCARD ID: 422 and 121311
PUBLISHER: Pub. by Augustus D. Phillips & Son, Northeast Harbor, Maine, U.S.A.
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Selkirk Light
CAPTION: SELKIRK LIGHT – Located four miles west of Pulaski at the mouth of the Salmon River. It is a reminder of the days when sailing vessels and steam packets provided transportation. Erected in 1838, Selkirk Lighthouse (now privately owned) serves as a landmark for pleasure boats and small cruisers using the Salmon River as a port.
POSTCARD ID: 152572
PUBLISHER: Pulaski Democrat Publishing co., Pulaski, N.Y. 12142
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard