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13140r. (lot 6 photos) Keeper Joseph W. Jellison, Tenants Harbor Light Station, Maine c.1910.

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13140r. (lot 6 photos) Keeper Joseph W. Jellison, Tenants Harbor Light Station, Maine c.1910.

13140r. ( lot 6 photos) Keeper Joseph W. Jellison, Tenants Harbor Light Station, Maine c.1910. Joseph W. Jellison served as Second Assistant Keeper under his brother Frank, at Whitehead Light Station from 1895-1898. His brother Frank N, Jellison was Assistant Keeper there and then Keeper (1890-1905). In 1898 Joseph Jellison transferred to Tenants Harbor Light, where he served as Keeper for 22 years until 1920. Joseph W. Jellison had at least two sons, Linus Jellison who became a ship Captain, and his brother Chalmers, and one daughter Beth. Lot includes six photos on album pages of Keeper Jellison, five of which show him or family in the station peapod boat marked “USLHS G4”. The sixth photo shows the keeper posing on the rocks with their dog as he prepares to go hunting, revolver in hand. Photos are clean and crisp, no damage. About 3 ¼” x 5 ½”each except one is 3 ½” x 4”. (VG) $275.