The World of Lighthouses on the Postcards of Yesterday and Today
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: Lighthouse at the Golden Gate, San Francisco
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: B-21
PUBLISHER: Pub by T.C. Bardell, San Francisco
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Lighthouse on the Pacific. California
CAPTION: None
POSTCARD ID: 7071 and 2796
PUBLISHER: Pacific Novelty Co., San Francisco & Los Angeles
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard
TITLE: Split Rock Light House, On The Rugged Shore of Lake Superior.
Minnesota’s Scenic North Shore Drive
CAPTION: Split Rock Lighthouse is one of the scenic Points of Interest on the North Shore Drive. Situated on the brink of a sheer cliff, 200 feet above the lake, the lighthouse is not only picturesque, but extremely important to boats plying the lake. The lighthouse is open to visitors daily except Sunday. Split Rock is so named because two cliffs, a quarter of a mile apart, when viewed from the lake, appear as one split in twain.
POSTCARD ID: K-74
PUBLISHER: ‘Curteichcolor’ Reproduction from Kodachrome or Ektachome Original
POSTMARK: Schroeder, MINN JUN 28, 1955
TITLE: Boston Light, Entrance to Harbor, Boston, Mass
CAPTION: None – Undivided back postcard
POSTCARD ID: None
PUBLISHER: Published by The Metropolitan News Co., Boston
POSTMARK: Unused Standard Sized Postcard