The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
TITLE: Oswego Light-house and Harbor Entrance, Oswego, N.Y.
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 5645
PUBLISHER: Published by The American News Company, New York, Leipzig, Dresden
POSTMARK: Oswego, NY AUG 29, 1911
TITLE: Bridgeport Light, Bridgeport Harbor
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 612
PUBLISHER: Pub. by Howland Bridgeport.
POSTMARK: None – Standard Sized Card is addressed – No Stamp or Postmark
TITLE: Pemaquid Point Light House
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: OC-K257
PUBLISHER: “Curteichcolor – Reproduction From Kodachrome Original
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Size Postcard
TITLE: The Graves Light, Boston Harbor, Mass.
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: No. 815
PUBLISHER: Robbins Bros., Publishers, Boston, Mass. and Germany
POSTMARK: None – Unused Standard Size Postcard
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
TITLE: Le Phare de Cap-des Rosiers
Gaspe-Nord, Que.
CAPTION: Construit en 1857. On peut voir et entendre son signal de 17 milles on mer.
Built in 1857. We can see and hear its signal from 17 miles at sea.
POSTCARD ID: 91685
PUBLISHER: Pub. by Studio Bernard, Carlton, Quebec, Canada
POSTMARK: Perce, P.Q. SP 7 1959
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