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Lighthouse Service Antiques at the Brimfield Antiques Show
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedThis week we again made our way to the famous Brimfield Antiques Show – A sure sign of spring. Since the 1960′s we have rarely missed a season (The show is held for ten days each in May, July and September each year.). Each show hosts tens of thousands of antique dealers over a one [...]
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Piping Plovers & Engagement at Race Point Lighthouse
Posted on April 19, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedWe spent last work at Race Point lighthouse – almost ready for the summer season. The solar hot water is working, as is the solar voltaic and wind power – we all should be considering such alternate clean forms of energy… and it is FREE. The piping plovers are again preparing their nesting spots [...]
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Bernie Webber and his men will be honored this month in Chatham, and at Coast Guard First District Headquarters in Boston
Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedLate in February 1952, a northeaster swept New England with bitter cold, snow and gale force winds. East of Chatham 70-knot winds and 60-foot seas battered merchant vessels as the tankers SS Fort Mercer and SS Pendleton met the full force of the storm. They both broke in half on the morning of February 19th [...]
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Lighthouses of San Francisco Bay
Posted on February 10, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedWe just picked up a hard-to-find book from the author Ralph Shanks: LIGHTHOUSES OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY. (1976. 1st. 123p. Soft wraps.) “…Climb the iron stairways of San Francisco Bay ’s lighthouses to re-light the ancient lamps…on the beach below, the rescue boats are being readied…more watches…more beaches to patrol….” All of this well known [...]
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Thoreau’s Cape Cod
Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedAnyone who truly enjoys reading of the life of a lighthouse keeper, or of the charm of Cape Cod, should surely read Henry David Thoreau’s account of his visit with the keeper of Cape Cod (Highland) Lighthouse, and his walk from Eastham to Provincetown in 1849 and again in 1855. In this renown work, Thoreau [...]
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Frank Schubert, the Last of the Coast Guard’s Civilian Lighthouse Keepers
Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedWe just got in some wonderful photos of Keeper Frank Schubert at the Coney Island Light Station. The crystal clear photos show Keeper Schubert, last civilian keeper at Coney Island Light Station. Keeper Schubert began his lighthouse career in 1938 aboard the buoy tender Tulip. He followed that with time at the offshore Old Orchard [...]
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Paper Town, Boxboro, MA. Book and Paper Show
Posted on January 28, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedI just returned from Paper Town, the book and paper show held in Boxboro twice a year. (next Boxboro show will be in September, 2012) Came back with a few items including this great 1911 Life Saving Service article in Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly (see our Recent Additions page), a Race Point Coast Guard photo and [...]
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Race Point Light Station, Provincetown, MA.
Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedRace Point Light Station, Provincetown, MA. c.1960′s view. Race Point Light Station was leased to the American Lighthouse Foundation in 1995. Since then our organization has worked to restore the site – the keepers house has been repaired and modernized with heat, hot water, flush toilets, refrigeration, and a gas stove. Overnight stays were initiated [...]
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The Cape and Life Saving Service Stations
Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedWellfleet, MA. When in Wellfleet, be sure to check out the old Cahoons [sic] Hollow Life Saving Station. This is one of only two remaining U.S. Life Saving Service stations once located on Cape Cod’s outer beach. The second remaining station, Old Harbor in Chatham, now resides in Provincetown at Race Point Beach, part of [...]
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Cape Cod Seashore
Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedEastham, MA. One of my favorite places in Massachusetts is Cape Cod – particularly the outer Cape. The area boasts a maritime history hardly rivaled elsewhere, and the serene surroundings, particularly at this time of the year, are well worth the trip. For a wonderful view from Coast Guard beach, at the old Coast Guard [...]
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![Kenrick A. Claflin & Son is a nautical antiques dealer that specializes in the field of United States Lighthouse Service (USLHS), Light House Establishment (USLHE), Life-Saving Service (USLSS), Revenue Cutter Service (USRCS), Shipwrecks and early Coast Guard (USCG), and works by Edward Rowe Snow. More particularly, we work to provide various governmental agencies, historical groups, restoration contractors, collectors and nautical enthusiasts with information and original artifacts relating to lighthouses, life-saving stations, keepers, etc. in their area. Our inventory includes books and post cards (both new and out-of-print), photos, engravings, newspapers, charts, lithographs, paintings, uniforms, flags, insignia, antiques, Fresnel lenses, lamps, lanterns, brassware and more.](http://lighthouseantiques.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Painting.bmp"){kind=link}