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2633. (litho post card) Waiting for the Call – U.S. Life-Saving Station St. Joseph, Michigan c.1900

22572. (photo) U.S. Coast Guard Station, Tawas, Lake Huron c.1917.

9105b. Wolff, Julius F. Jr., LAKE SUPERIOR SHIPWRECKS. Duluth. 1990.

1889. (photo) U.S. Life-Saving Station, North Manitou Island, Michigan c.1910.

28232. (photo) Unknown Lighthouse.

28416. (photo negative) U.S. Coast Guard Station, Manitou Island c.1934.

33096. Friggens, Thomas G. Furnishing Plan Copper Harbor Lighthouse. Michigan Historical Center. 1996.

10191. (photo) Sand Hill Lighthouse, Lake Superior, Michigan c.1942.

21368. Hyde, Charles K., THE NORTHERN LIGHTS – Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Lansing, MI. 1986

21433. Sapulski, Wayne. LIGHTHOUSES OF LAKE MICHIGAN – Past and Present. Manchester. 2001.

33003. Harris, Patricia Gruse. New Buffalo, MI Lighthouse 1839 – 1859. Michigan City. 1992.

23437. Stieve, Jeanette. THE HARBOR LIGHT 1872-1940. South Haven. 2003

1457. Stonehouse, Frederick. Shipwreck of the MESQUITE – Death of a Coast Guard Cutter. Lake Superior Port Cities. 1991

23320. Lane, Kit. SHIPWRECKS OF THE SAUGATUCK AREA. Saugatuck. 1974.

7425. Hainault, Paul E. THE WRECK OF THE SS EDMUND FITZGERALD, NOVEMBER 10, 1975. Ishpeming, Mich. 1985

32118. Heden, Karl E. Directory of Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes. Boston. 1966.

20403. Platske, Fran Carpenter. WE, THE KEEPERS’ KIDS & THE OLD LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE – Lighthouse Ballads. Kalamazoo. 1994

9119. Stonehouse, Frederick. MARQUETTE SHIPWRECKS. Marquette, MI. 1977. 1ST

9121b. Stonehouse, Frederick. ISLE ROYAL SHIPWRECKS. Marquette, MI. 1983. 1st.

22349. Frederickson, Arthur and Lucy F., FREDERICKSON’S HISTORY OF THE ANN ARBOR AUTO AND TRAIN FERRIES. Frankfort. 1994

6127. Stonehouse, Frederick. THE GREAT WRECKS OF THE GREAT LAKE – A Directory of the Shipwrecks of Lake Superior. Marquette, MI. 1973.

PC-164. (bid booklet) Specifications for The Face Wall of New Stone Pier of Protection for Waugoshance Light-House, Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. Washington, GPO. 1868

23385. Canfield, Edward J. and Thomas A. Allan. LIFE ON A LONELY SHORE – A History of the Vermilion Point Life-Saving Station. Sault St. Marie. 1991.

836. Jones, Ray. PINPOINT GUIDES TO LIGHTHOUSES. 1998. $7.95

32117. (map) U.S. Lighthouse Establishment on the Great Lakes. c.1900 view. 10 ½” x 16”

16241c. (photo) U.S. Revenue Cutter Service Lookout Post, St. Marys River, Soo, Michigan c.1915-1925.

32008. (souvenir creamer) U. S. Life Saving Station, Ottowa Point, East Tawas, Michigan c.1900.

31109. (photo) Life Saving Crew in Surfboat, Tawas, Michigan c.1909.

7209. Shelton-Roberts, Cheryl. LIGHTHOUSE FAMILIES. 1997 / 2006. Hard & Soft cover.

10409. Quantz, Vivian DeRusha. Foghorns Save Lives Too – Lighthouse Living In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Skandia. 1999.

29176. Castle, Beatrice Hanscom. The Grand Island Story. Marquette. 1974.

BR-101. Stonehouse, Frederick. GREAT LAKES LIGHTHOUSE TALES. Gwinn , Michigan . 1998.

926b. Anderson, Charles M., ISLE OF VIEW – A History of South Manitou Island . Frankfort , MI. 1979.

27195. (commemorative toothpick) c.1898. Harbor Beach [Sand Beach] Life Saving Station, Harbor Beach, Michigan.

21457. Stonehouse, Frederick. WOMEN AND THE LAKES. Gwinn. 2001.

2122. Peterson, William D., UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE IN MICHIGAN. Arcadia. 2001.

27468. (commemorative creamer) U. S. Life Saving Station, South Haven, Michigan. c. 1900

31111. (photo) U. S. Coast Guard Station, Holland, Michigan c.1920.

8301a. Hemming, Robert J. GALES OF NOVEMBER

27199. Ewing, Wallace K and David H. Seibold. MARITIME GRAND HAVEN: COAST GUARD CITY USA. 2006

1292. Stonehouse, Frederick. Wood On The Bottom- Great Lakes Shipwrecks. Avery. 2012

21471. Stonehouse, ,Frederick. WRECK ASHORE – The United States Life-Saving Service On The Great Lakes. Duluth. 1994.

20337. Gaykowski Kozma, LuAnne. LIVING AT A LIGHTHOUSE – Oral Histories from the Great Lakes. GLLKA. 1987.

2026c. Spears, John R., TALES OF THE MUSH-ICE-HEROES. Harper’s Weekly. March 2, 1901

28416. (photo negative) U.S. Coast Guard Station, Manitou Island c.1934

10429. (photo) Coast Guard 40-foot utility boat c.1958

11172. (photo) U. S. Coast Guard 36-foot Motor Lifeboat, East Tawas, Michigan c.1946

15225. (photo) U. S. Coast Guard Station, South Haven, Michigan c.1950’s

1055b. (photo) U. S. Coast Guard Station, Ludington, Michigan c.1944.

1627. (photo) U.S. Coast Guard Station, Harbor Beach, Michigan c.1945

16173. (photo) White River Life Saving / Coast Guard Station, Whitehall, Mich. c.1917

2590. [photo] Point Betsie Light-House, Frankfort, Mich. c.1910

26235. (photo) Life Saving / Coast Guard Station, East Tawas (Ottawa Point), Michigan c.1928

26270. (photo) Life Saving Station, Tawas Point (Ottawa Point) Michigan c.1910

10333. (photo) Lighthouse Keepers, Passage Island Light Station, Isle Royale, Lake Superior, MI. c.1933

10389. (photo) Presque Isle Lighthouse c.1947.

10402. (photo) Rock Harbor Lighthouse, Michigan c.1945

15149. (large photos) Great Lakes to Maine Light Stations c.1950-1980’s by Ernie Landow.

11285. (copy photo) U.S. Life Saving Station, Eagle Harbor, Michigan.

10257. Menz, Kahterine B. Historic Furnishings Report – Sleeping Bear Point Life-Saving Station: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

2541. Tongue, Stephen D. LANTERNS & LIFEBOATS – A History of Thunder Bay Island. Alpena. 2004.

29163. James, Barry C. Lighting the Way – A History of the Copper Harbor Lighthouse. Copper Harbor. 2000

26324c,e,f,g,h. Secretary of the Treasury, U. S. Revenue Cutter Service. RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MOVEMENTS AND ANCHORAGE OF VESSELS IN SAINT MARYS RIVER [Great Lakes]. Washington. 1901

13190. Oleszewski, Wes. Shipwrecks!! Factual Accounts of Obscure Great Lakes Shipwrecks. Avery. 2013.

26208. Wardius, Barb and Ken. CANA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE. Arcadia. 2006.

2338b. Grant, John. STAYING AT A LIGHTHOUSE – America’s Most Romantic Lighthouse Inns. Guilford. 2005

27303. Wardius, Barb and Ken. WIND POINT LIGHTHOUSE. Arcadia. 2007

26299. Hoyt, Susan Roark. LIGHTHOUSES OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN. Chicago. 2004.

29205. Hawley, Jonathan P. Point Betsie – Lightkeeping and Lifesaving on Northeastern Lake Michigan. Ann Arbor. 2008

28210. Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum. Grand Traverse Lighthouse. Arcadia. 2008.

10166. Harrison, Timothy and Walter C. Plohocky, BMCS, USCG Ret., Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse and Life Saving Station. Foghorn. 2010

10425. Majher, Patricia. Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Univ. of Michigan Press. 2010.

21105. Elve, Steven D., MICHIGAN CITY LIGHTHOUSE – GUARDIANS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. Arcadia. 2001.

23450. Hoyt, Susan Roark. LIGHTHOUSES OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. Arcadia. 2003.