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Concord Point Lighthouse

Concord Point Lighthouse, Havre De Grace, Maryland
Concord Point Lighthouse, Havre De Grace, Maryland
Concord Point Lighthouse, Havre De Grace, Maryland
Concord Point Lighthouse, Havre De Grace, Maryland

TITLE: Concord Point Lighthouse
Caption: foot of Lafayette St., Havre De Grace, Maryland. Built in 1827, this granite building is on the National Historic Register. Its electric-powered beam aids local boaters around Concord Point where the Susquehanna River flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Open to visitors Sundays 1-5, June through October.
POSTCARD ID: 83981-D
PUBLISHER: Pub by The Country Studio, P.O. Box 206, Aberdeen, MD 21001
Photo by Robert J. Bailey
POSTMARK: None – Unused Continental Sized Postcard

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Baldhead Lighthouse ~ Smith Island, N.C.

Bald Head Lighthouse - Smith Island, N.C.
Bald Head Lighthouse – Smith Island, N.C.
Bald Head Lighthouse - Smith Island, N.C.
Bald Head Lighthouse – Smith Island, N.C.

TITLE: Bald Head Lighthouse – Smith Island, N.C.
CAPTION: Abandoned several years ago, Baldhead Lighthouse stood alone as the only structure on Smith Island guiding marine craft up the Cape Fear River and past the feared naked bleak elbow of sand that juts far into the ocean from lower Cape Fear. ©1974 Aerial Photography Services, Inc., Charlotte, N.C.
POSTCARD ID: 32120-C
PUBLISHER: Pub by Aerial Photography Services, Inc., 2300 Dunavant St., Charlotte, N.C. 28203
POSTMARK: None – Unused Continental Sized Postcard

 

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Highland Light

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TITLE: Highland Light
CAPTION: Original built in 1797, new tower erected in 1857. It stands on a cliff 140 ft. above sea level. Four million candlepower make this one of the strongest beamed lighthouses in the world.
North Truro – Cape Cod – Mass
POSTCARD ID: 145882
PUBLISHER: ©Color Photo & Published by J. Lazarus. P.O. Box 367, Hyannis, Mass. 02601
POSTMARK: None -Postcard is unused

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Eastern Point Lighthouse, Gloucester, Cape Ann, Mass.

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TITLE: Eastern Point Lighthouse, Gloucester
Cape Ann, MASS>
CAPTION: One of the oldest lighthouses along the New England Coast. Located at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor at Dog Bar Breakwater.
Color Photo: Fred Jellison, Jr.
POSTCARD ID: C14300 & MA1475D
PUBLISHER: Published by Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Mass. 02210
POSTMARK: None – Postcard is unused

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Cape Cod Lighthouses

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TITLE: Cape Cod Lighthouses
CAPTION: Cape Cod, Mass.
Highland Light, Troro.
Nauset Light, Eastham.
Nobska Lighthouse, Woods Hole.
POSTCARD ID: 125 & K100443
PUBLISHER: Shoreline Distributors
P.O. Box 477, So. Yarmouth, Ma 02664
POSTMARK: None – Postcard is unused

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Duluth North and South Breakwater Lights

TITLE: Opening of Navigation Season.
First Giant Freighters Entering Ship Canal and Duluth-Superior Harbor

CAPTION: The navigation season for Duluth-Superior harbor for Interlake navigation is approximately from April 15th to December 15th or about eight months. This view shows the giant freighters on their first trip of the season to the head of the Great Lakes, as they enter Duluth-Superior harbor.
POSTCARD ID: 142-D and 2B-H1222
PUBLISHER: Zenith Interstate News Co., Duluth, Minn.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago “C.T. Art-Colortone” Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat Off.)
POSTMARK: None – postcard is unused

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Ocracoke Village and Harbor

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Can you find the lighthouse?

TITLE: Ocracoke Village and Harbor
CAPTION: Ocracoke Island, N.C.
The pirate Blackbeard was killed here in 1718. This Outer Banks community has its harbor on Pamlico Sound.
Photo by Aycock Brown
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: “Lusterchrome Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Made only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston 15, Mass.
POSTMARK: Williamsburg, VA. APR 17 1963

Check out my pictures of the Ocracoke Lighthouse!

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Famous Biloxi Lighthouse on West Beach, Biloxi, Mississippi

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TITLE: Famous Biloxi Lighthouse on West Beach, Biloxi, Mississippi
CAPTION: THIS BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE was built of cast iron in 1848 and tended for over 60 years by women keepers. It’s 65 feet of gleaming white tower lends charm to Biloxi’s beautiful beach.
POSTCARD ID: BX-109
PUBLISHER: Gulfport Printing Co., Gulfport, MISS
POSTMARK: None – Unused Postcard