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33157. (pressure gauge & photo lot) U.S. Lighthouse Tender Cedar c.1916.
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33144. (nautical chart) Imray Blueback Chart of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and New England 1888. “Coast of North America Between the Strait of Belle Island and Cape Cod. Published in London by James Imray & Son. 1888.
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12199d. U. S. Lighthouse Service Chronograph – Stopwatch. “U.S.L.H.S.”
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6775. U.S. Coast Guard Cap or Collar Device c.WWII
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24102. United States Life Saving Service / Coast Guard Beach Apparatus Hawser Cutter.
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6507p. [blanket] U. S. LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE WOOL BLANKET. c.1900.
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33139. U.S. Light House Establishment Sextant by Hurlimann Paris.
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D-16. U. S. Light-House Service Medicine Chest c.1900-1938
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6775. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Hat device early c. 1930’s – 1940’s.
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SQ-06. U.S. Life Saving Service Night Watchman’s Rattle “USLSS”.
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33125. U.S. Coast Guard Buoy / Navigational Training Kit.
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28126v. (uniform) U.S. Coast Guard Dark Navy Blue Uniform Jacket, Senior Chief E8, Machinist Rating. Serving from c.1943-1960.
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33135. (paperweight) U.S. Coast Guard Reserve c.1945.
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33134. U.S. Coast Guard Enlisted Complete Cap – Combination Cover c.1980’s.
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33133. (print) U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis WHEC-725 c.1995. #460/5000.
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33131. (mitten set) U.S. Coast Guard Artic Extreme Cold Weather Mitten Set with Liners.
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33130. (garrison / side cap) U.S. Coast Guard SPARS Garrison Cap c.1945.
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2539t. (Peacoat) U.S. Coast Guard Peacoat c.1950 – 1970’s.
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14162b. (sea bag) Original U.S. Coast Guard Canvas Sea Bag.
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33129. (postage stamp sheet) U.S. Coast Guard 1790-1945. Scott #936 US 1945
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33126. [model kit] U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Roger B. Taney.
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8176-35. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP. White
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8176-34. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP. White
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8176-33. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP. Dark navy-blue
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8176-32. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP USS SENECA, CG. c.1915 – 1936.
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26345b. (commemorative plate) US Life Saving Station, North Scituate, Massachusetts c.1900.
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2391e. Massachusetts Humane Society porcelain REWARD sign c.1900
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D-15.. U. S. Life Saving Service Lyle Gun Powder Box c.1880.
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D-14.. United States Life-Saving Service. Lyle Bronze Line Gun “C” c.1905
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SQ-05. (framed hand-colored photo) Lifesavers Launching Surfboat c.1901.
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613e,f. (tobacco label) Fabrica de Tabacos, Moro Light, Superiores, cigar box label c.1916
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6586. Woodcut Engravings – Lighthouses – Lifeboats
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33112. Maritime Buttons
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33111. (belt buckle) U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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33110. (souvenir coin) Lightship LV-605 by U.S. Lighthouse Society.
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33098. German, Andrew W and Daniel V. McFadden. The Charles W. Morgan – A Picture History of an American Icon. Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea, 2014.
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21222. Boddington, Jack. CANADIAN LIFE-SAVING MEDALS AND OTHER AWARDS. The Military Collectors Club of Canada. Monograph. c.1982.
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23170. Baker, John. MAUCHLINE WARE. UK. 1998.
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2444. Arnall, Franklin M. THE PADLOCK COLLECTOR: Illustrations and Prices of 270 Padlocks of the Past 100 Years. Arnall. 1972
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33088. Hobson, Anthony. Lanterns That Lit Our World – Book Two. Old Railroad, Marine, Fire, Carriage, Farm & Other Lanterns. Golden Hill Press. 1998.
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33079. Staff, Frank. The Picture Postcard & its Origins. Praeger. 1967. 2nd printing
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6762-52. United States Light House Establishment / Service Lighthouse Lamp Feeder / Oil Filling Can c.1880-1910.
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33058. Bertoia, Jeanne. Doorstops – Identification & Values. Collector Books. 1985.
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2445c. United States Life-Saving Service. Lyle Bronze Line Gun “C” c.1900 (3/27 Special price)
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33029. (reprint) Chelsea General Catalogue Of Spring Driven Clocks — (Jeweled Movements) “Clocks of Distinction in Solid Bronze Cases”. 28p. Catalogue # 17 January 1931. Reprint of 1993
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DM-2. na. Marine Museums in the United States. U.S. Department of Commerce. Maritime Administration. 1967
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DM-8. na. Lighthouses – A Book of 21 Postcards. Browntrout Publishers. 1995
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33031. Anchor Bay [Harbour Lights] AB113 44-Foot Motor Lifeboat CG-44363.
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2723b. Plans for Reproduction U.S. Light House Establishment Library Box.
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8458e. [lifeboat model] US Coast Guard 44’ Scale Model Motor Lifeboat by Dumas Products.
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33021. (paperweight) East Chop Light House, Cottage City, Martha’s Vineyard. c.1900.
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2054b. (paperweight) Bay View House. c.1900.
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22286. (paperweight) The Light House, Biloxi, Miss. c.1900.
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B-158. (soup spoon) U.S. Navy Silverplate Soup Spoon.
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SR-445. (small boat wheel pennant)
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33018. [pennant] Nantucket Sankaty Head Lighthouse. c.1930 – 1960.
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22535. [paperweight] “Light House Point, New Haven, Conn.” c.1900.
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2360. [medallion] Shipwrecked Mariners Society
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24370. [silver flatware] US Navy Sugar Tongs.
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8348. [Life-Saving Medal] Royal Life Saving Society. c.1929.
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28309. (printers’ block) U.S. Congressional Life Saving Medal c.1874-1900.
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21372c. Lighthouse Service Button Cufflinks.
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21436. [WW II visitor’s button] “Visitor U. S. Coast Guard Station, New London #124”
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23185. Trachtenberg, David & Thomas Keith. Mauchline Ware: A Collector’s Guide. 2002. Antique Collector’s Club.
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2817. (hat) Early Kepi, U. S. Lighthouse Service insignia.
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11197. Signal flag. Red pennant “R”. 4’ x 7’6”
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I-03. [lithograph print] c.1908. Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat Pulling to Ship.
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8109rrr. [flag] U. S. Coast Guard Ensign. c.1950’s-80’s. on jackstaff.
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8152.. (powder flask) U.S. Life Saving Service – U.S. Coast Guard Powder Flask for Lyle Gun c.1880 – 1915.
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21510. [16mm film] THE LIGHTHOUSE. 1951. Encyclopedia Britannica Films. 16mm.
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33013. Semaphore or flag signaling pocket training disc / volvelle. U.S. Navy / Coast Guard c.1942.
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27194. (souvenir pin dish) Princess, Pat and Tuffy Bears, Northboro, Mass. c.1900.
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27140. (commemorative spoon) c.1900. U.S. Life Saving Station on the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin.
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9942. U. S. Revenue Cutter Gresham pillow cover / keepsake c.1900.
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27361. U. S. Life Saving Service Lyle Gun Folding Octant c.1878-1901.
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515. (large fold out plates) [from] Jenkins, Lieut. Thornton A. and Richard Bache. A REPORT RELATIVE TO THE LIGHT-HOUSE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES. [H. R. Doc. No. 222]. August 6, 1846.
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8118. Christmas Seal lighthouse stamps. 1941.
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8493. [set 8] W.D. & H.O. Wills Tobacco Company, Lighthouse Series Cigarette Cards.c.1926
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8358a. [lighthouse stamp souvenir sheet] Dominican Republic
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6509f. Kennedy, Jimmy and Hugh Williams. HARBOR LIGHTS. Published by the Marlo Music Corp., New York. 1937.
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32181. (souvenir booklet) Irish Lighthouses stamps. Ireland 1997
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20268. [stamps] SPARS – U. S. Coast Guard. c.1942.
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11218. American Tobacco Company, Lighthouse Series Cigarette Cards c.1910.
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28364. [stamps] Lighthouses of Canada c.1985.
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PC-211. [Commemorative Lighthouse Stamp Set] c.1990.
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22328. [newspaper accounts] GERMANY SURRENDERS – Armistice Signed, Kaiser and Son Flee to Holland; Reds Seize Berlin. Providence Daily Journal. November 11, 1918.
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24209. na. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING AND OPERATING LIONEL TRAINS. The Lionel Corporation. 1940
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23170. Baker, John. MAUCHLINE WARE. UK. 1998.
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32174. THE TALL SHIPS OP SAIL PORTFOLIO 20 LITHOGRAPHS SHIPS by FRANK BRAYNARD 1976.
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27434e. (marine supplies catalogue). Armstrong & Galbraith, Inc. c.1940
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27434b. (marine supplies catalogue) E. J. Willis Company c.1937. New York
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32121. (catalogue) C.C. GALBRAITH & SON BUILDERS OF LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT CATALOG G. c.1940.
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22336. Lighthouse Stamp Society. CATALOGUE OF UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSE FIRST DAY COVERS. Lakewood. 1998
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21459. Barnett, J. P., THE LIFESAVING GUNS OF DAVID LYLE. [Nautical Research Journal. Spring 1972.
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13361. (lot) Navigational Aids.
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PC-224. Unusual CUT AND ASSEMBLE LIGHT-HOUSE KIT. Portland Head Light, Maine.
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2920. Salisbury, Geraldine Gardiner. H. Marshall Gardiner’s Nantucket Post Cards 1910-1940. 1995.
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32159. (framed hand-colored photo) Lifesavers Launching Surfboat c.1902.
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1591b. STEVENGRAPH VICTORIAN SILK PORTRAIT “Called to the Rescue (A Life Boat Scene)” c. 1879-84.
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2445c. United States Life-Saving Service. Lyle Bronze Line Gun “C” c.1900
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31098. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Brass Insignia 4”.
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31103. Small Yacht Block (pulleys), deadeyes, etc.
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23377e. [Life-Saving Service 3-dimensional gravure print.] RETURNING FROM THE WRECK. c.1902-1909.
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28346. Boddington, Jack. A CONQUERED SEA – An Illustrated Record of the United States Presidential Lifesaving Medal and Related Awards. 1990
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12320b. (newspaper) Loss of Steamship SS Portland c. November 1898.
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FG-02. Early Life-saving Line Gun. Heat Transfer Products Company.
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2719. Page, Victor W. MOTOR BOATS AND BOAT MOTORS – Design, Construction, Operation and Repair. New York. 1920.
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22289. [US Navy dinnerware] eggcup (or custard) United States Navy dinnerware
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21126. South Bend Replicas, Inc., CATALOGUE OF ANTIQUE/REPLICA ORDNANCE. South Bend. 2004-2005.
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BR-74. THE PROPOSED NEW DIAMOND SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE OFF CAPE HATTERAS. Scientific American. June 11, 1904.
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13139b. (calendar) Victory Ship “Morgantown Victory” – Boston Light calendar for year 1947
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994. McGuinn, William F. and Bruce S. Bazelon. AMERICAN MILITARY BUTTON MAKERS AND DEALERS; THEIR BACKMARKS & DATES
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2614. MILITARY GOODS CATALOGUE 1938 – CANNON, UNIFORMS, GATLING GUNS, AMMUNITION & RELICS. FRANCIS BANNERMAN CO New York. 1938.
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1199. Moore, N. Hudson. The Old Clock Book. New York. 1937.
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1705. (belt) Leather Belt marked “USCG”.
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U. S. Light-House Service District Charts (Copy)
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25263, 22308. [vintage can / labels] Jonesport Mackerel and Jonesport Sardines Maine
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11397. (wood model kit) U.S. Coast Guard 36′ Motor Lifeboat CG-36500, 1/16th scale by Dumas Products,
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8364c. U. S. Coast Guard Station, Manhattan Beach Training Center throw pillow cover c.1943.
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990a. [Coast Guard] Pencil Box. c.1920-30’s.
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16184. (bumper sticker) Small Service. Big Job. The Coast Guard.
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8297g. United States Coast Guard [Lyle] Gunner’s Haversack with Belt.
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605. Lighthouse & Lightship Trade Cards c.1880’s
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12320. (newspaper page) Two Hundred Lives Were Lost… Conservative Estimate of the Storm’s Victims Along New England Coast… Bodies of Luckless Voyagers are Strewn Along the Rocky Beach…. c.1898.
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26144. (framed hand colored photo) Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine c.1900.
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2787c. (hand colored photograph) Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine by Fred Thompson c.1910.
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29186. (print) Cape Elizabeth East Lighthouse.
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2787. (hand colored photograph) Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine . by Lamson c.1900.
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US Lighthouse Service lamp feeders available.
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6762-22. United States Lighthouse Service Lighthouse Lamp Feeder / Oil Filling Can c.1900
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12358. (calendar lot) Biddeford Pool, Maine c.1894.
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957. [lightship model] Nantucket [Relief] Lightship No. 112. WAL 534 by Pyro
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957-12. [early lightship model] Nantucket Lightship No. 112. WAL 534. by Pyro
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16240. Yacht Club Burgee on Wooden Jack Staff. Sacramento Yacht Club c.1930’s.
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27455. Signal Flags
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SR-578 579. President of the United States’ Flag & Banner of the 1916 Design
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28338. (newspaper) B.H.A. Collins Appointed Keeper, Nauset Light House, Eastham, Cape Cod. New York Daily Tribune. August 11, 1843.
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11206. (framed photograph.) “June 9, 1909. General Superintendent Sumner I Kimball, Assistant Superintendent O.M. Maxim and U.S. Surfmen on steps of Treasury Building.
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U.S. Life-Saving Service, Light-House Establishment & Lighthouse Service buttons
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14143. (carving set) William Wallace Cook (1851-1923), Keeper, Peaked Hill Bars Life- Saving Station, Provincetown, Mass. c.1909.
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28423. (telescope) “Merrimac Humane Society 1886” Brass, Two Draw Telescope / Spyglass for use, or given as a premium / life-saving award by The Merrimac Humane Society of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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1174. [life ring] Merrimack Humane Society Canvas Life Ring c.1900-1940’s.
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16207. (box) Cuttyhunk Light Station, Mass. c.1930’s – 1950’s.
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27134d. U. S. Life Saving Service Friction Primer from Cahoon Hollow Life Saving Station, Cape Cod c.1900.
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26230. [Humane Society swimming badge/award] Massachuestts Humane Society
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2391d. Massachusetts Humane Society porcelain sign c.1900
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10413. (lithograph printing plate) Steamship SS Portland c.1890’s.
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29202. Hubbard, Sharon, with photography by Dan Driscoll. Quarterboards: A Unique Art Form. Nantucket. 2008.
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JH-74. (clock) Mark I Boat Clock. U.S. Navy by Seth Thomas c.1940’s.
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15142. (navy postcard lot) U.S. Navy Ship Postcards c.1942-1970’s.
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13323. (dresser tray) Indian River Life-Saving Station Est. 1876 by Pewtarex.
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13139a. (calendar) Victory Ship “Ames Victory” – Boston Light calendar for year 1946.
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22573e. Gay Head Lighthouse Sand Jar c.1910.
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3104. (tile) English Wedgewood Nantucket Sankoty Head Lighthouse Souvenir Tile c.1890-1910.
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ERS-120. (wood chips) Original 1850 Minot’s Ledge Light House.
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15192. [framed print] IRON LIGHT HOUSE ON MINOT ’S LEDGE OFF COHASSET, MASS. BAY…. FIRST LIGHTED JAN 1, 1850, DESTROYED IN THE GALE OF APRIL 16TH, 1851…..
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10423. (cup) American Banner [Steamship] Line c.1959.
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10436. (dish) American Mail Line c.1922-1938.
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22575b. [bowl] United States Shipping Board.
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10213d. (roll plate) New England Steamship Company. c.1920’s – 1940’s.
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12469. (china) Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc. c.1930’s.
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12469b. (small platter) Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc. c.1930’s.
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13113. (demitasse cup) Grace Steamship Line.
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20238g. (saucers) United States Revenue Cutter Service “U.S.R.C.S.”
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8341-49. [demitasse cup] United States Coast Guard.
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8341-94. (demitasse cup/saucer) United States Coast Guard.
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8341-19, 26 [demitasse cup] United States Coast Guard.
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JH-73. (yacht clock) Boston Clock Company Front Wind Model C Yacht, Boat and Auto clock c.1890 made by Chelsea.
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5414. (clock face) U. S. Light-House Establishment / Service. c.1880’s – 1939.
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8109-115. [framed set commendation, photo, ensign and commissioning pennant] U. S. Coast Guard / SS El Estero c.1943.
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14251. (“tramp art”) Life-Saving Service Surfman’s Hanging Necessities Holder Branded “U.S.L.S.S.” c.1900.
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6762-21. United States Lighthouse Service Lighthouse Lamp Feeder / Oil Filling Can c.1900.
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6762-15. United States Light House Establishment Lighthouse Lamp Feeder / Oil Filling Can c.1880-1900.
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28284. U.S. Life Saving Service Fire Extinguisher – Harden Star Fire. Grenade c 1884
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6762-25. United States Light House Establishment Lighthouse Lamp Feeder / Oil Filling Can c.1880-1900.
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6762-24. United States Light House Establishment Lighthouse Lamp Feeder / Oil Filling Can c.1880-1900
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1166. United States Light House Establishment. “Price List of Standard Articles (for Lighthouse Purposes) Furnished from General Depot, Thompkinsville, New York. 1901”.
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23299. Southeastern Lighthouses U. S. Commemorative Stamp Packet.
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21523b. Harbour Lights. FORT WASHINGTON BELL TOWER , MD. HB901.
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8458. [model kit] U. S. Coast Guard 36-Foot Motor Lifeboat. c.1989. by Glencoe
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U.S. Coast Guard bronze buoy bell c.1964.
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2676. (yachting award chalice) Boston Lightship Race c.1973
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27197b. (tin ladle) WWII DOVER 1941 tin liquid ladle.
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We just obtained a large stock of original U. S. LIGHT HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT / SERVICE BUTTONS
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27440. (monkey wrench). B & O Railroad 10” monkey wrench
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L-191. (life saving medal) Royal Humane Society c.1840. Awarded to “I. [J] S. Young for a Successful Rescue, August 23, 1840. South Shields. Case #13582. Bronze 51mm (1774-1869).
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10367. (pewter porringer) American Porringer.
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2798. SCULLER HAND MARINE SIGNAL LIGHT FLARE.
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23420. COSTON RED HAND MARINE SIGNAL FLARE.
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12202a. maritime wooden block (s)
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12122. (complimentary pass) Portland Steam Packet Company. 1881, 1880.
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1695. (cargo receipt) SS Portland, Portland Steam Packet Company c.1890’s.
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1301. Lot of 11 Antique Identified Demitasse Spoons c.1900.
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1355. (advertisement) The Improved Harden Star Grenade Fire Extinguisher c.1887.
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4416-2. FLARE CANISTER FOR LIFEBOATS with COSTON FLARE. c.1930-1940’s
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28284. U.S. Life Saving Service Fire Extinguisher – Harden Star Fire. Grenade c 1884.
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15185. (portable toilet paper pack) Marked “LIGHTHOUSE S.F. CA”.
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17187. (souvenir doll) Coast Guard Academy Cadet Doll c.1975.
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SR-563. U. S. Coast Guard Sweetheart throw pillow cover.
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1959. (set 2 boat signs with photo) U.S. Coast Guard Official Auxiliary Patrol c.1990’s.
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SR-565. Brass Door Plate “CERT. ACCOM. 4 SEAMEN”.
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2167. U. S. Revenue Cutter Service mailing tube.