12454b. (stereoview) Ida Lewis, Famous Lighthouse Heroine. c.1869 by J.A. Williams.
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12454b. (stereoview) Ida Lewis, Famous Lighthouse Heroine. c.1869 by J.A. Williams.
12454b. (stereoview) Ida Lewis, Famous Lighthouse Heroine. c.1869 by J.A. Williams. Rare stereoview of this famout lighthouse keeper and rescuer posed “in costume as in the Rescue of March 20th, 1869” as she leans against a podium. Early original sticker of the maker on the back “Ida Lewis, The Grace Darling of America. Enterered according to Act of Congress, in the year of our Lord, 1869, by J.A. Williams, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Rhode Island.” These images are quite rare and collectible, particularly of lighthouse personalities. Lightly soiled. (VG). $148.