The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
TITLE: Ticonderoga and Light House
CAPTION: Famous sidewheeler Ticonderoga and Colchester Reef Lighthouse. Both brought from Lake Champlain to Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont.
POSTCARD ID: VT772
PUBLISHER: Published by Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Mass.
POSTMARK: Brandon, VT 9/25/1962
TITLE: Warwick Light Station, Warwick Neck, Rhode Island
CAPTION: Overlooking beautiful Narragansett Bay, the First lighthouse was built on this site in1827. The present lighthouse was constructed in 1932, and because of damage suffered from a hurricane in 1938, it was moved inland 75 feet. It is 55 feet tall, of metal construction, and delivers 2,233 candle power.
POSTCARD ID: LK-1006
PUBLISHER: Produced by LK Color Productions, Providence, RI
©1975 Color Photo by Leon Kowal
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Castle Hill Light – Newport, R.I.
CAPTION: A storm warning flies over Castle Hill Light which guards the entrance to Narragansett Bay as an “America’s Cup” challenger is towed to the course in Rhode Island Sount.
POSTCARD ID: D-14113
PUBLISHER: Published for John M. Twomey Distributing Co., Newport, RI
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Cape Florida Lighthouse
CAPTION: Southeast corner of Key Biscayne. Was built in 1825 and partially destroyed by fire during an Indian attack in 1836. Was rebuilt 10 years later to its present height of 95 f. Abandoned in 1878 when Fowey Rock Lighthouse was built further out to sea.
Color Photo by McFadden Air Photos
POSTCARD ID: NCP-3905 & 26912
PUBLISHER: U.S. COLOR Print, Miami Beach, FL
POSTMARK: Miami FL APR 12, 1958
TITLE: Biloxi Lighthouse
CAPTION: Constructed in 1848, 65 feet high with a revolving stairway and ladder through the center. During the War Between the States, the lens of the Lighthouse was removed and buried until after the war, when it was returned unharmed. When Lincoln was assasinated, the Lighthouse was painted black and was said to be the only public building in the South to be draped in mourning. Located on U.S. 90 Highway, Biloxi, Mississippi.
POSTCARD ID: DS-1A
PUBLISHER: Pub. by Deep South Specialties, Inc., Jackson, MS
Color Photo by Chauncey T. Hinman
POSTMARK: Biloxi, MISS JUN 191956
TITLE: West Quoddy Head Light of Lubec, Maine
CAPTION: Located on the most easterly point of land in the United States.
POSTCARD ID: 68498-B
PUBLISHER: Published by Eastern Illustrating Co., New London, N.H.
POSTMARK: Mount Desert, ME JUL 19 1972
TITLE: Outer Light, Saybrook Point
CAPTION: OUTER LIGHT, SAYBROOK POINT, Conn., showing the Inner Light in the background.
POSTCARD ID: P10442
PUBLISHER: Distributed by The New London News Co., New London, Conn.
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Assateague Light
CAPTION: Assateague Light, near the southern tip of Assateague Island is a favorite attraction for visitors to Assateague Island National Seashore and Chinoteaque National Wildlife Refuge.
It was built in 1866-67.
Color by F.W. Brueckmann
POSTCARD ID: P88662
PUBLISHER: Dist. by Tingle Printing Co., Pittsville, Maryland 21850
Plastichrome® by COLOURPICTURE Boston, Mass
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Old-Lighthouse At Cape Henry, VA.
CAPTION: OLD LIGHTHOUSE at Cape Henry, Virginia, near Norfolk. The first lighthouse erected by the federal government. Work began in 1791.
POSTCARD ID: 61 & 46232
PUBLISHER: Published by Frank G. Ennis Paper Co., Norfolk, VA
POSTMARK: Virginia Beach, VA AUG 30 1955
TITLE: GASPE NORD Quebec Canada
CAPTION: Le phare de Madeleine dans ce centre touristique
The lighthouse at Madeleine River.
POSTCARD ID: 21689-C & 5962
PUBLISHER: Pub. UNIC, 6917 Avenue du Parc, Montreal, Canada
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
