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34040. (photo) Freighter Monica Smith Aground off Race Point, Provincetown c.1960.
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23273i. United States Life-Saving Service – Coast Guard Breeches Buoy Traveler Block c.1880.
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21421m. United States Lighthouse Service Brass Light Keeper’s Dustpan c.1900.
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34034. Small, John F.K. ‘The Small Family Legacy’ From the Highlands of Cape Cod to the Pages of History. Massachusetts. 2025. 83p. Soft wraps.
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8109-138. [flag] U. S. Coast Guard Ensign c.2002.
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34032. (set 3) Senior Service Cigarette Cards “Britain From The Air” c.1939.
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34033. (set) Cigarette Cards Royal National Lifeboat Institution RQG-1 c.1979.
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8493d. [set 50] W.D. & H.O. Wills Tobacco Company, Lighthouse Series Cigarette Cards. c.1926.
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34027. (brass trivet) Fresnel Lens by The Lighthouse Collection c.1986.
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34027. (stereoview) Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse, Lake Ontario c.1870’s.
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34029. (trade card) Belding Bros. & Co, Life Saving Service c.1890’s.
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34025. (souvenir tile) Minot’s Ledge Light House, Massachusetts Bay 1860 by Mintons China Works c.1890’s.
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6281. vanRoden, Mary D. Nauset Light, A Personal History – the1875 Lightkeeper’s House and the1892 Oil House. Lyme, NH. 1995.
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34026. Sellman, John J. Martin Reef Lightship to Lighthouse: Another Chapter In Les Cheneaux History [Michigan]. Les Cheneaux Historical Association. 1995. 71p. Card wraps.
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34023. Parsons, Richard. Storm Warriors of the Maine Coast: Stories of the Life-Saving Station at Biddeford Pool. Down East Books. 2025. 248p. Soft wraps.
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34024. (shipwreck report & charts) Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances For the Year 1874, Report of Light House Board. Wash. GPO. 1874. 762p.
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34008. (glass negative) Schooner Nancy Passing Lighthouse Service Fog Bell Tower c.1900.
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34022. (matted photograph) First Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse c.1840’s View by Joseph Lebherz.
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34021. (set 9 photographs) Construction of Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse c.1840’s Views by Joseph Lebherz.
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34020. Webster, W. Russell and USCG (Ret) Capt. Michael A. Cicalese. New England’s Lifesaver – Coast Guard Legend Master Chief Jack Downey. 2025. History Press. 176p. Soft wraps.
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34017. (film negative) U.S. Life-Saving Station New Jersey Pattern c.1900. May be Hampton, NH.
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Lighthouse Digest Magazine Back Issues
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Estate Collection United States Postage Stamps nearly complete from 1840’s to present day.
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34013. (mounted photo) Tybee Island Lighthouse, Ga., with 1887-1914 daymarks / range lights.
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34019. (early plan copy) U.S. LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT. Early copy of hand drawn architectural drawings for : San Pedro Breakwater (Los Angeles Harbor) Light Station, California. Edward L. Woodruff, Superintendent, U. S. Light House Service. Filed November 10, 1911.
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34018. (early plan copy) U.S. LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT. Early copy of hand drawn architectural drawings for : Point Loma Light Station, California. James F. Gregory. Engineer Secretary, U. S. Light House Board. Filed July 1st., 1890.
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34009. (presentation silverplate tray and note card holder) Christofle of France, Albi Collection, Silver-Plated Large Double-Handle Tray. Raytheon Company.
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34014. Bundschuh, Scott Wayne. Great Lakes Lightships: “Keeping Watch from Green Bay through the Straits of Mackinac and into Lake Huron.” 2024. Self published. 384p. Soft wraps.
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34102a,b,c. Note Cards Minot’s Lighthouse c.1850 View by Joseph Lebherz.
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34005. (shot line for) Model CG85 Bridger Line Throwing Gun Kit, Naval Company, Doylestown, PA.
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34004. (Stereoview) Long Island Head Lighthouse, Boston Harbor c.1870
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FG-02.. Early Life-saving Line Gun. Heat Transfer Products Company.
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9202b. Foss, William O., THE NORWEGIAN LADY AND THE WRECK OF THE DICTATOR. Norfolk, Va. 1977
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31112. (postcard) Fourth Cliff Coast Guards Drill, Hauling out Heavy Line, Humarock [Scituate], Mass. c1915.
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18107j. (tintype – occupational) Gentleman in Bowler Hat c.1870. 1/6th plate.
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33123. (glass plate negative) Fastnet Rock Lighthouse Under Construction, Ireland. c.1901
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1521. [reproduction] U. S. Lighthouse Service Station Flags.
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4365s. United States Life-Saving Service. INSTRUCTIONS TO MARINERS IN CASE OF SHIPWRECK WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING THE LIFE-SAVING STATIONS UPON THE COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Washington. GPO. 1881. 36p. Early edition.
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2391f. Massachusetts Humane Society porcelain sign c.1900.