The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
TITLE: Brandt Point
CAPTION: Sail boat racing off beautiful Brant Point light beckons the Summer Vacationist. Color by E. Everett Howell
POSTCARD ID: P22931
PUBLISHER: Distibuted by Howell’s Studio, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
POSTMARK: None – Standard Sized Postcard is Unused
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
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
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
<b>BUTLER’S FLAT LIGHT HOUSE, NEW BEDFORD, MASS.</B>
CAPTION: NONE
POSTCARD ID: A-64446
POSTMARK: NONE – But Written on
Published by H.A. Dickerman& Son, Tauton, MASS. Made in U.S.A.
Today’s Lighthouse Postcard of the Day is a colorful linen card featuring MINOT’S LIGHT, Massachusetts.
CAPTION: MINOT’S LIGHT
The most famous of all New England lighthouses, located one and a half miles from shore, required over five years to build. The tower is of granite blocks rising to a height of 88 feet, and the lower half is solid all through. Above the solid portion are the apartments of five rooms, one above the other and above all, the revolving light. The present structure was completed in 1960.
PUBLISHER: MFG. BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., 160 NO WASH. ST., BOSTON, MASS.
“TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS” MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROTHERS INC. BOASTON, MASS.
POSTCARD ID: 50 AND 64465
POSTMARK: BOSTON, MASS 3 AUG 24, 1941
MESSAGE: Having a swell time. What’s a cooking? ????? Mike
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CARD TITLE: CHATHAM LIGHT, CHATHAM, CAPE COD, MASS.
CAPTION: A lighthouse built of brick by the United States Government stood on the edge of the bluff overlooking Chatham Bar, the tides and the rains undermined the cliff and the lighthouse fell into the sea. Then the present Light was built about 200 yards further inland, and electrically lighted.
POSTCARD ID: 161 and 102625
PUBLISHER: E. D. WEST CO., SOUTH YARMOUTH, CAPE COD, MASS.
POSTMARK: Harwich Port, MASS., AUG 19, 1936
MESSAGE: Harwich Port. Having a fine time and am enjoying the salt air. Hope you had a fine trip. Clara
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CAPTION: HIGHLAND LIGHT
CAPE COD, MASS
The Original lighthouse was built in 1797, torn down in 1857 and the present tower erected. It stands on a cliff 140 ft. above sea level, and is the second most powerful light on the Atlantic Coast.
POSTCARD ID: 62793
POSTMARK: Wellfleet. MASS SEP 10 1940
PUBLISHER: Pub. by the Mayflower Sales Co., Provincetown, MASS.
“TICHNOR QUALITY VIEW” REG. U.S PAT. OFF., MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS. IN., BOSTON, MASS.
MESSAGE: Perhaps Ester will come down Friday for the weekend. Why doesn’t Kennith come along if she does. Ralph
A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship which acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction
Lightship LV-112
Nantucket Shoal Station, MA 1937
Built in 1936 to replace Lightship #117 after it was struck and sunk with seven of its 11 crew members. Heavy seas and thick fog made this a dangerous station on the south end of the shoal.
This postcard is a reproduction card, based on an older image. It is standard sized.
POSTCARD ID: PC145001
©LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA
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BOSTON HARBOR, Mass. Boston Light
Mason Bros. & Co., Boston, Mass.
Made in Germany
Unused Standard Sized Postcard