10371t. (photo) Keeper Fanny May Salter, Turkey Point Lighthouse, Maryland c.1945.
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10371t. (photo) Keeper Fanny May Salter, Turkey Point Lighthouse, Maryland c.1945.
10371t. (photo) Keeper Fanny May Salter, Turkey Point Lighthouse, Maryland c.1945. Clear, close 8” x 10” press photo shows great detail as Keeper Fanny Salter raises a flag at the light station. By 1945, Keeper Salter was the only woman lighthouse keeper remaining in the Coast Guard, having kept her vigilant watch for 20 years since her husband’s death in 1925. Great early detail includes the light tower behind. Dated May 28, 1943. Official Coast Guard photo with credit line and description on back. Superb clear, close view. (VG+) $54.