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Lighthouse Postcards Collection

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Creator
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Topic
Lighthouses
Provenance
Immediate source of acquistion unknown.
Creator
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
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Lighthouse Postcards Collection
Extent
0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
Date
undated
Ownership and Custodial History
Collected for the National Museum of American History.
The collection was transferred to the Archives Center in 2007 by the Division of Work and Industry.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1055
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Picture postcards
Postcards
Citation
Lighthouse Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into one series and then alphabetically by name of city of town where the lighthouse is located. Series 1: Postcards
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives Center Staff,
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Picture postcards -- 20th century
Postcards
Scope and Contents note
Postcards depicting lighthouses in the United States and Canada.
Restrictions
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512555984-1503512555987-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86eac8078-39f7-4499-9ed8-f353ff91e9d9

In the Collection

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  • Postcards

  • Navesink, New Jersey

  • Block Island North, Rhode Island

  • Eastern Point, Massachusetts

  • Little River, Maine

  • Doubling Point, Maine

  • Moose Peak, Maine

  • Old Field Point, New York

  • Great Captain Island, Connecticut

  • Race Point, Massachusetts

  • Whitehead, Maine

  • Isles of Shoals (White Island), New Hampshire

  • Annisquam Harbor (Wigwam Pt.), Massachusetts

  • Scituate, Massachusetts

  • Lazaretto Point, Maryland

  • Huron, Ohio

  • Blue Hill Bay, Maine

  • Windmill Point (CAN), CaliforniaN

  • East Chop, Massachusetts

  • Baker Island, Maine

  • Horton Point, New York

  • Pond Island, Maine

  • Burnt Island, Maine

  • Goat Island, Maine

  • West Quoddy Head, Maine

  • Grand Haven South Pierhead (Inner Light), Michigan

  • Lime Rock (Ida Lewis), Rhode Island

  • Waukegan Breakwater, Illinois

  • Hereford Inlet, New Jersey

  • Montauk Point, New York

  • Wind Point (Racine Point), Wisconsin

  • Cape Henlopen, Deleware

  • Hendricks Head, Maine

  • Assateague, Virginia

  • Cape Ann (Thacher Island), Massachusetts

  • Monhegan Island, Maine

  • Fuller Rock, Rhode Island

  • Butler Flats, Massachusetts

  • Newburyport Harbor (Plum Island), Massachusetts

  • Sea Girt, New Jersey

  • Chatham, MA

  • Saugerties, New York

  • Ship John Shoal, Deleware

  • Billingsgate Island, Massachusetts

  • Ocracoke, North Carolina

  • Little Sable, Michigan

  • Black Rock (Fayerweather I.), Connecticut

  • Marblehead (Ohio), Ohio

  • Sanibel Island, Florida

  • Saybrook Breakwater, Connecticut

  • Nash Island, Maine

  • Gay Head, Massachusetts

  • Cedar Island, New York

  • Coxsackie, New York

  • Erie Harbor Pierhead, Pennsylvania

  • Point Isabel (Port Isabel), Texas

  • Pomham Rocks, Rhode Island

  • Dutch Island, Rhode Island

  • Lubec Channel, Maine

  • Eagle Island, Maine

  • Narragaugus (Pond Island), Maine

  • Point Fermin, California

  • Morgan Point (Noank), Connecticut

  • Whitlocks Mill, Maine

  • Matinicus Rock, Maine

  • Cape Poge, Massachusetts

  • Stamford Harbor, Connecticut

  • Fort Gratiot, Michigan

  • Sankaty Head, Massachusetts

  • Edgartown, Massachusetts

  • Chapel Hill Beacon (rear), New Jersey

  • Mayo's Beach, Massachusetts

  • Hillsboro Inlet, Florida

  • Barnegat, New Jersey

  • Penfield Reef, Connecticut

  • Lighthouse Point (New Haven), Connecticut

  • Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida

  • Borden Flats, Massachusetts

  • Deer Island Thorofare, Maine

  • Plum Island, New York

  • Goose Rocks, Maine

  • Franklin Island, Maine

  • Finn's Point Rear, New Jersey

  • Beavertail, Rhode Island

  • Big Sable, Michigan

  • Plum Beach, Rhode Island

  • Rockland Breakwater, Maine

  • Fort Niagara, New York (GL)

  • Bodie Island, North Carolina

  • Destruction Island, Washington

  • Currituck Beach, North Carolina

  • Dumpling Rock, Massachusetts

  • Latimer Reef, New York

  • Fenwick Island, Deleware

  • Absecon, New Jersey

  • Sodus Point, New York (GL)

  • Graves, Massachusetts

  • Portland Head, Maine

  • Dice Head, Maine

  • Yaquina Head, Oregon

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