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• Lighthouse Service Antiques at the Brimfield Antiques Show

  Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin in Uncategorized

  This 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 Uncategorized

       We 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 Uncategorized

  Late 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 Uncategorized

  We 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 Uncategorized

  Anyone 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 Uncategorized

  We 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 Uncategorized

  I 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 Uncategorized

  Race 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 Uncategorized

  Wellfleet, 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 Uncategorized

  Eastham, 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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