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33113. (lot 3 negatives) Montauk Point Lighthouse, Long Island, New York.

1940. (photo) Short Beach Life Saving Station (east of Jones Inlet), Long Island, New York c.1910

25127. Life Saving Service surfboat launching from the beach. c.1897

BR- . (photos) National Archives, Coast Guard & Bruce Roberts

24120. [newspaper] PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING A VESSEL TO BE USED AS A FLOATING LIGHT IN LONG ISLAND SOUND. New York Times. July 22, 1837.

27324. (plot plan) Superintendent of Lighthouses, Third Lighthouse District. SHINNECOCK BAY LIGHT STATION. c.1929.

9174a. [lot 3 documents] Rare set of documents provides a wonderful insight into the politics of appointing men to the early Lighthouse and Life Saving Services. c.1866-1891.

2330. na. FIFTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEAMEN’S FRIEND SOCIETY…. MAY 6TH, 1878. NY. 1878.

32128. (cabinet photo) U.S. Life-Saving Station (Mecox, Bridgehampton, LI., NY ?) c.1880.

32024. (lot 16 glass slides) United States Signal Service Station Glass Slides c.1898.

31093. (newspaper article) At A Life-Saving Station – A Day With Men Who Risk Their Lives to Save Life.

31079. (chart) Long Island Sound Showing the Light Stations from Block Island to New York. The New England Almanac by David A. Daboll, Center Groton, Conn. 1917.

LN- “Wreck Master” Appointment Certificates, Long Island c.1810-1868

22510. Marcus, John. LIGHTHOUSES OF NEW ENGLAND – Your Guide to Lighthouses of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Long Island. Stillwater. 2001.

2587. Spears, John R., HEROES OF THE SURF. [disbound from Outlook Magazine, 1903.] 7p.

23316. Parsons, Charles. MONTAUK POINT, LONG ISLAND: an 1871 visit

2393. Morrison, John H. HISTORY OF AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION

2198a. Markham, Richard. ABOARD THE MAVIS

22477. [movie film] Large 400-foot roll of 8mm home movie film made in 1954 about boating on Long Island Sound

29127. na. American Merchant Seaman’s Manual. Cambridge. 1964. 5th.

15244. (copy photo or photo from glass negative) U.S. Life Saving Station, Tiana Beach, Long Island. c.1870’s view

15241b. (copy photo) U.S. Life-Saving Crew, Rocky Point Station, East Marion, Long Island c.1904 view

9434. Bachand, Robert G., NORTHEAST LIGHTS, LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS – RHODE ISLAND TO CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. Norwalk , Ct. 1989.

27154. Lighthouse Service. LOCAL LIGHT LIST NEW YORK AND APPROACHES. Narragansett Bay to Cape May. Third Lighthouse District. Wash. 1930.

8408c. AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSES. Scientific American. November 15, 1873

7197LL. [newspaper] LIFE BOATS FOR THE COASTLINE. Yankee Farmer. January 21, 1837.

10132. (document) U. S. Department of Commerce, Light-House Establishmdent, Receipt for Deliveries to Supply Vessel Armeria, to be Turned into Storehouse at Thompkinsville, Staten Island [filled out for] Shinnecock Bay Light Station, Third LH District. c.1910.

11133. na. Signals of the Sea and Heroes of the Surf. Vistabooks. 1996.

PA-55. Department of the Army. Small Arms Ammunition. TM 9-1305-200. June 1961.

29287. (mounted photo) U.S. Life Saving Service, District Superintendent, 3rd Life-Saving District, Arthur Dominy c.1900.

1269b. (cabinet photo) Life-Saving Service Surfman Frank Tuttle, Long Island, New York c.1890-1900.

26348. Duncan, Robert C., Roger S. Duncan, W. Wallace Fenn, and Paul W. Fenn THE CRUISING GUIDE TO THE NEW ENGLAND COAST- Including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the Coast of New Brunswick. New York. 2002.

27285a,b,c,d,e,f. (Light-House Keeper’s Receipt) Shinnecock Bay Light Station, Long Island, New York. c.1910.

CLEARANCE PRICED at Only $7.95 each: Books by Bruce Roberts and Ray Jones.

2554. (photo) Eaton’s Neck Long Island labeled on back “Eaton’s Neck Coast Guard”. c.1900.

27112. (photo) Fire Island Lighthouse, Long Island, NY c.1950.

10268. (photo) Montauk Point Lighthouse c.1930-1940.

26300. Muller, Robert G. NEW YORK STATE LIGHTHOUSES. Chicago. 2004.

29410. Osmers, Henry. Living on the Edge – Life at the Montauk Point Lighthouse 1930-1945.

29411. Osmers, Henry. On Eagle’s Beak – A History of the Montauk Point Lighthouse. Outskirts Press. 2008

1069. (photo) Barque Clan Galbraith on the Beach Near Flying Point in Bridgehampton, Long Island July 22, 1916.

26184. (photo) Eaton’s Neck Lighthouse with Keeper Arthur Jensen, LI. NY. c.1900.

858. (mounted photo) U.S. Life-Saving Station (possibly Mecox, Long Island, NY) c.1878.

13179. (photo) Captain Nelson & Mrs. Burnett, Southampton Life-Saving Station, Long Island c.1912.

10237. (copy photo) U.S. Life Saving Station, Ditch Plain, Long Island, New York.

13392. (photo) Zachs Inlet (High Hill) Life-Saving Station, Long Island, New York c.1909.

13415. (mounted photo) U.S. Life Saving Station, Ditch Plain, Long Island, New York c.1900.

15130. (photo) U. S. Life-Saving Station Station, High Hill Beach, Long Island, New York c.1910.

15139. (topographic plate) COAST LINES: PART OF FIRE ISLAND – BABYLON – BAYSHORE – ISLIP, NEW YORK.

15240. (lot 4 photos) U.S. Coast Guard Station Shinnecock, Long Island c.1930’s.

28307b. (photo) U.S. Life Saving Station, Zachs Inlet (High Hill), NY c.1912.

15245. (copy photo or photo from glass negative) U.S. Life Saving Station, Southampton, Long Island. c.1880’s view.

15241a. (copy photo) U.S. Life-Saving Crew, Rocky Point Station, East Marion, Long Island c.1904 view.

7340f. Field, Van. WRECKS AND RESCUES ON LONG ISLAND – THE STORY OF THE U. S. LIFE SAVING SERVICE. 1997.

16231. (photo) Dedication of New Coast Guard Lifeboat Station, Hampton Bays, LI., NY. c.1941.

1727. (photo) Mecox Life-Saving Station, Bridgehampton, LI., NY. c.1908.

16232. (mounted photo) U.S. Life Saving Service Crew, Great Egg Life-Saving Station, Long Island, NY. c.1900.

17122-2. (copy negative) U.S. Life-Saving – Coast Guard Station Potunk, Long Island, New York c.1915.

20404. Hamilton, Harlan.., LIGHTS AND LEGENDS – A HISTORICAL GUIDE TO LIGHTHOUSES OF LONG ISLAND SOUND, FISHERS ISLAND SOUND AND BLOCK ISLAND SOUND. Stamford. 1987

1134. Field, Van. MAYDAY! Shipwrecks, Tragedies & Tales from Long Island’s Eastern Shore. Charleston. 2008.

11473. McLintock-Hubbard, Doris M., Dory of the Lighthouse. Foghorn. 2011.

13136. (newspaper) “The Light-House System” “Proposed Light-House At Race Rock, Long Island Sound–Foundation Successfully Laid – The Superstructure to be Proceeded With.”

25381b. Muller, Bob. LONG ISLAND ’S LIGHTHOUSES – PAST AND PRESENT. Patchogue. 2004.

1763. Bleyer, Bill. The Fire Island Lighthouse: Long Island’s Welcoming Beacon. History Press. 2017.

32098. (photo) Women Posing With Surfboat, Point Lookout, LI, NY c.1905.