The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
TITLE: Duxbury Pier Light, Plymouth, Harbor
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 13998
PUBLISHER: “Posttint” Card Made Only By Detroit Publishing Co.,
and Published by A.B. Burbank, Plymouth, Mass
POSTMARK: Plymouth, MASS AUG 5 1910
TITLE: Light House and Inlet on Lake Erie, Port Clinton, Ohio
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 170 5A-H1857
PUBLISHER: E.B.Ackley, Sandusky, Ohio
POSTMARK: Not posted – Written on, Hand dated 1/26/45
TITLE: U.S. Lighthouse, Mackinaw City, MICH
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 91207
PUBLISHER: G.H. Wickman, Mackinac Island, Mich – Made in U.S.A.
POSTMARK: Mackinaw City, MICH MAY 31 1937
TITLE: Jesters’ Rock Garden, Arlington Pier, Mobile, ALA.
CAPTION: This is the rendezvous of Mobile Court No. 120, Royal Order of Jesters. Constructed and given to the city of Mobile by Jester John C. O’Gwynn, M.D. Located on Arlington Pier. Re;licas in stone and Marble of unusual architecture of foreign cities.
POSTCARD ID: 23 & 9160 N
PUBLISHER: Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
POSTMARK: Written on standard sized postcard – Not Posted
TITLE: Cannes. – Le Phare, un jour de beau temps. -LL
The Lighthouse, a day of fine weather
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 555
PUBLISHER: Unknown
POSTMARK: Written on – no posted
TITLE: Cap Chat
CAPTION: Cap Chat – date de 1815, cette formation geologique est situee pres du phare a l’ouest du village.
Cap Chat – dates back to 1815 – The Rock formation stands near the lighthouse at the western end of the village.
POSTCARD ID: 90905 & 4063
PUBLISHER: Pub. UNIC, 6917 Avenue du Parc, Montreal
POSTMARK: 22 IX 1965 (September 22, 1065?)
TITLE: A GOOD CATCH
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 5611
PUBLISHER: Unknown
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Versailles (Trianon). – La Laiterie
Hameau de la Reine ~ The Queen’s Hamlet
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 184
PUBLISHER: P. D. Paris
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
According to Wikipedia, “The Hameau de la Reine … The Queen’s Hamlet) is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783…
… The building scheme included a farmhouse, a dairy, a dovecote, a boudoir, a barn … a mill and a tower in the form of a lighthouse.”
TITLE: Lake Vettern, Sweden
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: N°3642
PUBLISHER: Axel Eliassons Konstforlag, Stockholm
POSTMARK: Union Village VT JAN 23 1906
TITLE: Gibraltar Europa Point during a storm
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: Published by Photochrom Co., Ltd., Tunbridge Wells
for Messrs Bruce Starke & Co., Ltd., London
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized, White Border Postcard