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4587. (photo) Old Plantation Flats Light Station, Chesapeake Bay, Va. c. November 1944. Official Coast Guard photograph details the station as the keeper stands at the railing looking on. Superb, crystal clear, close view. 8” x 10”. (F-). $48.
10214. (photo) Lighthouse Keeper, Farallone Island c. 1937. Clear, close 8” x 10” Associated Press photo shows Keeper O.R. Berg discussing something of interest with Chief F.H. Hamilton of the Navy radioman detachment on the island. Great detail including Lighthouse Service hat of the period. April 4, 1937. With credit line or description on back. (VG+) $44.
10277. (photo) Keeper Fanny May Salters, Turkey Point Lighthouse, Maryland c.1945. Clear, close 8” x 10” Coast Guard photo shows great detail of the light tower and keeper Salter peering from the gallery railing. 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. Dated May 28, 1945. With credit line or description on back. (VG+) $58.
10254. (painting) after Edward Hooper’s 1929 painting “The Lighthouse at Two Lights”c.1950-1970. Original oil on canvas painting by unknown artist provides a wonderful depiction of the Cape Elizabeth lighthouse at “Two Lights". Based on Edward Hopper’s original 1929 painting, the image isolates the dramatic silhouette of the 120-foot-high lighthouse tower and adjoining Coast Guard station / dwelling against the open expanse of blue sky. Set on a rocky promontory in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, the architecture is bathed in bright sunlight offset by dark shadows. Canvas on original wood stretchers. Light wear to left margin. Would be quite attractive framed. 18” x 24”. (VG+). $125.
10286. (photo) White Island Lighthouse, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire c.1956. Clear, close 8” x 10” press photo shows great detail of the isolated light tower and Keeper’s dwelling on White Island. Great detail, clear, close view. Dated August 30, 1956. With credit line or description on back. (VG+) $44.
10237. (copy photo) U.S. Life Saving Station, Ditch Plain, Long Island, New York. 8 ½” x 11”. Great digital copy photograph, clear image from original photo, shows the 1882-Type life saving station SW of Montauk Lighthouse. $24.
10247. (negative) Working on cutter, Coast Guard Station Chicago c.1951. Original large-format (4"x5") acetate negative of a scene at the Chicago Coast Guard Station at the river and Lake Front on May 17, 1951. Robert Evans, Henry Fassl and Geroge Pesut are maintaining an early cutter while listening to a baseball game on the radio. Clear and close, would provide a clear image. (VG+). $24. 10253. (negative) Working on the boats, Coast Guard Station Chicago c.1950-1960. Original large-format (4"x5") acetate negative of a scene at the old Chicago Coast Guard Station at the river and Lake Front. In the background is the station’s 36ft. Type TRS motor lifeboat , possibly the CG36445. The utility boat in the foreground is a 40-footer (note the twin rudder quadrants). Clear and close, would provide a clear image. (VG+). $34.
10236. (photo) Coast Guard Works to Rescue Group Marooned on Jetty Lighthouse, Lake Erie. c.1933. Clear, close 8” x 10” Acme News photo shows a close view of the jetty lighthouse as Coast Guardsmen in a 36-foot MLB maneuver to attempt a rescue. The description on the back notes: “Waves balk rescue of men marooned on jetty. Trapped for twenty four hours at the end of a mile long jetty into Lake Erie, ten Clevelanders faced another night of hunger as a seething lake prevented their rescue. Their first night was sspent atop a lighthouse shed but Coast Guards later were able to shoot them a line on which was the key to the lighthouse. Photo shows a group of the men anxiously watching the efforts of a Coast Guard crew attempting to rescue them.” July 3, 1933. With credit line or description on back. Rare rescue scene. (VG+) $58.
10235. (photo) Grand Traverse Lighthouse, Northpoint, Michigan c. 1981. Clear, close 8” x 10” Detroit News photo shows an unusually close view of the keeper’s house and light tower. Located inside the Leelanau State Park in Northern Michigan, The Grand Traverse Lighthouse has been guiding ships and sailors since it was built in 1852. With credit line or description on back. (VG+) $38. 10234. (photo) North Lighthouse, Grand Island, Munising, Michigan c. 1981. Clear, close 5” x 7” news photo shows a close view of the keeper’s house and light tower. With credit line or description on back. (VG+) $28. 4607.
(photo) Bear Island Light Station, Northeast Harbor,
Maine. c. 1944. Official Coast Guard photograph details the station
from the air. Superb, crystal clear, close view. 8” x 10”. (VG+). $34.
4614.
(photo) Fort Point Light Station, Stockton Springs,
Maine. c. 1944. Official Coast Guard photograph details the station
from the air. Superb, clear, close view. Creased. 8” x 10”. (VG+).
$14. 4616.
(photo) Deer Island Thorofare Light Station,
Stonington, Maine. c. 1944. Official Coast Guard photograph details
the station from the air as the keeper looks on. Superb, crystal clear, close
view. 8” x 10”. (VG+). $38.
10147. (mounted photo) U. S. Life Saving Crew, Coquille River Life Saving Station, Bandon, Oregon c. 1905. Extremely rare, early close image of the first U. S. Life Saving Crew posing at the Coquille River station. Dated July 25, 1905, the photo shows the seven members of the crew posed with their 26ft. Merryman type pulling lifeboat, Lyle gun, faking box and other pieces of equipment. The men are identified in pencil on the back. The station was considered to be a “rough station” due to the hazardous river entrance located nearby. Behind the crew in the boatroom can be seen too the Francis Metallic Lifecar hanging from the ceiling in the boatroom. View is good size, measuring 5” x 7” on an 8” x 10” mount. There is some light edge wear, but overall it is quite clear and close, unusually good detailed view. One of the more rare early views that I have had. (VG). $325.
10108. (photo) U.S. Lighthouse Service General Depot, Thompkinsville, Staten Island, New York c.1900. Lovely hand colored image measures 3 ½” x 4 ½” on 4 ½” x 5 ½” mount. Moored at the pier can be seen Lightship No 16, used as Relief in New York waters. The lighthouse visible on the pier has no lens and may have been used to evaluate lamps, oil, lens apparatus, etc. Note the lighthouse lantern sitting on the pier beside the lighthouse. In the background can be seen a lighthouse tender (note the walking beam of the steam engine), as well as buoys and other equipment. On Staten Island, the General Lighthouse Depot was established in 1863, where many of the supplies for the whole Service were purchased and stored and sent out for distribution, and where much of the special apparatus of the Service was manufactured or repaired. It is also where there was carried on various technical work in the way of testing apparatus and supplies and designing or improving apparatus. At one point this site employed some 200 men. Striking image is clear and crisp, beautifully hand colored. (VG+). $188.
10207. (photo) U.S. Lighthouse Service Lamp Shop, Repairing Fresnel lens c.1933. Clear, close 5” x 7” photo shows probably 2nd order Fresnel lens in the lamp shop, probably at the Detroit Lighthouse Depot. Dated January 1, 1933. (VG+) $38.
10211. (photo) Lighthouse Tender Sequoia bringing supplies to Farallone Island Light Station. c. 1937. Clear, close 8” x 10” Associated Press photo shows a close view of the keepers unloading supplies from the launch as the tender stands bu offshore. With credit line or description on back. (VG+) $36.
10229. (photo) U.S. Coast Guard Tending to Buoy c.1956. Clear, close 8” x 10” newspaper photos show the U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender standing off as a worker works on lamp atop floating buoy along the Gulf coast. Great detail. October 7, 1956. With credit line or description on back. (VG+) $42. 10230. (photo) U.S. Coast Guard Tending to Buoys c.1954. Clear, close 8” x 10” newspaper photo shows the U.S. Coast Guardsmen repairing buoys on the dock for the coming season on the Great Lakes. Great detail. January 23, 1954. With credit line or description on back. (VG+) $42.
10232. (mounted photo) New Light House, Point Loma, California c.1900. Beginning on November 15, 1855, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse stood watch over the entrance to San Diego Bay for 36 years. What seemed to be a good location 422 feet above sea level, however, had a serious flaw. Fog and low clouds often obscured the light. So a new light station was needed. By the spring of 1890, two Victorian cottages, each flanked by its own cistern and privy, along with a concrete foundation for the lighthouse were completed. The 70 foot tubular lighthouse tower, manufactured by Phoenix Iron Company of Trenton, New Jersey, rolled into San Diego aboard two flatcars of the Southern California Railroad on July 5, 1890. The tower was off-loaded and strong wagons were employed to transport it to the point. During the month of August, the spiral staircase, central tube, and supporting framework were assembled to support the two-story lantern room. the lens was illuminated for the first time on March 23, 1891. Rare early view is unusually close and provides an unprecedented view of the light tower as an 45-star (1896-1907) American flag flies from a tall staff on the gallery. Image measures 3 ¾” x 8” on 5 ¾” x 10 ¾” mount. Clear, bright, a few marks and spots of foxing, edgewear to mount. (G+). $86.
4521f. (stereoview) Thacher’s Island South Lighthouse, Cape Ann, Mass. c.1900 by Cook and Friend, Gloucester, Mass. Close, clear view shows great detail of the tall south light tower connected by a long enclosed walkway to the 1 ½-story keeper’s house. View us unusually clear, clean and close, only very light edge staining. (VG+). $98.
4521e. (stereoview) Thacher’s Island North Lighthouse, Cape Ann, Mass. c.1900 by C. A. Beckford, Salem, Mass. Close, clear view shows great detail of the tall north light tower connected by a long enclosed walkway to the 1 ½-story keeper’s house. View us unusually clear, clean and close, only very light edge wear. (F-). $128.
10188. (photo album) Isles of Shoals Coast Guard Station No. 14, Appledore Island, Maine. c.1918. Charming period photo album measures 4” by 7” wide on heavy gray paper, signature bound with leather covers. Album contains 44 black and white photos, c.1918. Most views measure 2 ½” x 3 ½”, probably from a summer spent on Appledore Island. Views include a good view of the Isles of Shoals-Type station, another of the drill pole, and a third of Whaleback Lighthouse. Other views include a Coast Guard patrol boat, many small motor and sailing craft, and family views. Album and photos are in good condition, covers worn, some edge wear. (VG-). $54.
10178. (photo) Ensign George Phannemilles, U.S.C.G. C. Paulding, was on watch when the Paulding struck Navy submarine S-4 off Provincetown, Cape Cod. c.1927. On the afternoon of December 27, 1927, the US Coast Guard Cutter Paulding was heading into the sheltered waters of Provencetown Harbor after finishing her assigned patrol in the Atlantic. She was a flush decked four stacker destroyer (ex DD-22) which had been transferred to the Coast Guard. The USS S-4 was in the area just to the northwest of the hook of Cape Cod on an engineering test cruise. The lights, Long Point Light and Wood End Light show mariners where the spits are and a ship moving toward Provencetown from the sea would put Long Point Light and End Light on the port side while steering south east. Paulding doing just that. Paulding was making nearly eighteen knots when a lookout spotted the periscope of S-4 coming up close aboard on the port bow. The OOD ordered the engines full reverse and the rudder hard to port, hopefully to pass to port over the still submerged stern of S-4. Paulding, however, struck S-4 half-way between the forward and aft battery compartment bulkheads. S-4 heeled far to port and started down by the bow. Paulding got on her radio and announced she had just collided with a submerged object, probably a submarine and gave her position. She then stopped and waited for the sub to surface. It didn’t. USS Falcon got underway from New London two hours after receiving the word and by eleven o’clock, the next morning she had moored over the site and had put a diver down. He rapped on the torpedo loading hatch. Slowly, six taps answered. Six men were alive in the torpedo room. The men in these two spaces had already succumbed. It was Sunday afternoon, the boat had been down for 24 hours. However, one by one these six men too succumbed. The drama of the attempted rescue hit the papers all over the country. The failure was devastating. The death of her crew of forty and the inability of the Navy to be able to rescue them became the basis for a new effort to make submarine escape and salvage a viable option. (description of incident by J. L. Christley, Pigboats.com) Silver print photo measures 6” x 8” and includes a wire service credit and description on the back. (VG+). $48.
10179. (stereoview) Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, Lake Huron c.1870. Excellent view shows the 1825 light station at Fort Gratiot. Clear, close view includes the tall white masonry light tower and nearby keeper’s house and fog signal building, surrounded by a white wooden fence. Fort Gratiot Lighthouse is the oldest operating lighthouse in the Great Lakes, keeping watch over Lake Huron at the entrance to the St. Clair River. Nice close view, only very light soiling and a bit of edge wear on green mount. (VG). $88.
10158. (photo lot) U.S. Coast Guard Academy Ground Breaking, May 15, 1931. Lot of two clear, close photos show dignitaries speaking at the ground breaking for the new Coast Guard Academy at New London in 1931. In his 1925 annual report, Commandant Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard had complained bitterly about the Academy’s aging Fort Trumbull facilities, yet Congress continued to deny funding for improvements. Rear Admiral Billard’s argument eventually won the day, and four years later Congress allocated $1.75 million to the Secretary of the Treasury to begin work on a new Coast Guard Academy. The people of New London, which had hosted the Academy since 1910, were eager to keep the cadets in town. With the active participation of Rear Admiral Billard’s wife Clara, a former New London resident, a parcel of land ideally set above the west bank of the Thames River was purchased for $100,000. The town of New London donated additional land. In January 1931, ground was broken for the new Coast Guard Academy as seen here. Some of the dignitaries are identified on the back including Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Captain Hamlet, Admiral Billard, Captain Wolf, and Commander Baylis, Aid to Sec. of Treasury Mellon. Images measure 8” x 10” and are clean and crisp. (VG+). $78.
10150. (photo) U.S. Coast Guard 75-Foot Patrol Boat CG-192 c.1936. Close, clear b/w news photograph shows great detail of CG-192 on the Great Lakes. The “six-bitters” as they were known, were the backbone of the Prohibition effort. 203 of these vessels were built, all placed in service in 1924-1925 period. CG-192 was sent from new London to Lake St. Clair in 1936 for patrol duty. Excellent image. (VG+). $32.
10140. (photo) USCGC Ossipee (WPG-50) c.1940. Official Coast Guard photograph details the Ossipee in the Great Lakes as she patrols during the Mackinac Race in 1940. The USS Ossipee (WPG-50) was a United States Coast Guard Cutter, serving from 1915 until 1945. She was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding Corp as a cruising cutter and commenced coastal patrol and rescue operations in the U.S. Coast Guard in a cruising district from Maine to Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Ossipee continued coastal patrol, rescue, and navigational aid service operations out of Portland, Maine, through 1935, when she was transferred to Great Lakes duty in 1936 and was assigned to Sault St. Marie, Michigan. Ossipee decommissioned on 12 June 1945. Clear close view provides great detail as she steams out of port. Includes caption. Nice early cutter view. 8” x 10”. (VG+). $32.
27274. [cabinet photograph] c.1906. Original portrait photograph, of Life-Saving Service Surfman Arthur Larkin, Watch Hill, Rhode Island by "W H Mowrey Photographer, 97 Thames Street Cor. Marlboro, Newport, R.I". This rare posed portrait photograph shows the handsome young surfman proudly posing in his 4-button single-breasted uniform coat. View is labeled on the obverse in pen as “A. L. Larkin”, taken the year he joined the US Life Saving Service at Watch Hill Rhode Island. A resident of nearby Stonington CT., Mr. Larkin joined the service in 1906 as Surfman number 8, indicating he was the newest member of the station crew. Eventually Mr. Larkin would attain the rank of Captain at Watch Hill Station and would retire after 35 years of service both in the Life Saving Service and US Coast Guard. Clearly visible on his right sleeve is the life ring with crossed oar and pike and the letters “US” “LSS”. The image measures 4” x 5 ½” on a 6” x 8 ½” original black mat. Rare both the fact that it is labeled and we know the identity of this young surfman, this is unusually close and clear, one of the better images we have had in some time. Little or no wear, a large, perfect piece for framing. Some wear on back from album mounting. (F-). $325.
10104. (copy photo) U.S. Lighthouse Service, Tompkinsville Depot, Staten Island c.1900. 8” x 10”. Great digital copy photograph, clear image from original photo, shows the pier at the Lighthouse Depot with stores stockpiled for the lightships moored alongside. Labeled “Loading lightships with stores, Thompkinsville”. Shipped flat. $18.
1080. [stereoview] Life Saving Station at Seabright, New Jersey. (c.1872-1877). Extremely rare view of the ornate early heavily modified 1850’s-Type (or 1871 “Red House-Type”) station built at Seabright, about a mile south of Navesink Lighthouse, replacing the earlier 1849 station. On the boat ramp can be seen the rare Squan type of surfboat on a carriage. Excellent detail of the ornate structure and surfboat with carriage. Note the surfman watching from the roof lookout. View is remarkably clear and close, just a bit of light foxing. On orange mount. It is extremely difficult to find such views of these early stations and this view is certainly one of the better scenes. Extremely rare view. (VG). $224 net.
1093. (negative)
1090. (photo lot) Collision and Sinking of the Italian Liner Andrea Doria, July 25, 1956. Lot of 15 Associated Press Wire Photos with captions show the Italian liner Andrea Doria and the Stockholm, Coast Guard cutters Evergreen and Campbell sent to the scene, and many of the rescued passengers on board the rescue liner Ile de France, on the Stockholm, and at St. Vincent’s Hospital. 8” x 10” b/w clear, crisp images. Excellent lot. (VG+). $215.
10100. (glass negative) Palmer
Island Lighthouse, New Bedford,
1020. (painting) Packet Ship Blackball Line in Storm attr. Clement Drew (1806-1889) or possibly Samuel Walters (1811-1882). Clement Drew was born in Kingston, Massachusetts. He was a marine painter, settling in Boston, as well as a figurehead carver, photographer, and art dealer, but was best known as a painter of New England coastal scenes, often with ships in rough seas. His works date from 1836-1886. Work: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. (over 40 works); Penobscot Mar. Mus.; Mariners Mus., Newport News, VA; U.S. Naval Acad.; Shelburne (VT) Mus.; Mystic (CT) Mus.; Oakland (CA) Mus. A.; Gore Place Soc., Waltham, Mass.; Strong Mus., Rochester, NY; Mus. of the America China Trade, Milton, Mass.; Beverly (Mass.) Hist. Soc. The Black Ball Line was the most famous of New York’s packet firms. The Black Ball ships carried a large painted black ball below the close-reef band in their foretop-sails. Painting is oil on canvas 18” x 26”, on original wood stretcher in original gilded wood frame. $7,400.
1069. (photo) Barque Clan Galbraith on the Beach Near Flying Point in Bridgehampton, Long Island July 22, 1916. Original photo measures 6 ½” x 8 ½” and shows the four masted barque high and dry on the beach while locals sit on the beach examining the vessel. The Clan Galbraith, which went on the beach near Flying Point in Water Mill on July 22, 1916, was probably the largest sailing vessel ever grounded along this coast. She was a four-masted iron bark, 282 feet long and upward of 2,000 tons, sailing from Bristol, England, to New York. Although a British vessel, built in Glasgow, Scotland, she was sailing under the Norwegian flag because of the war with Germany. On the sides were painted Norwegian flags and the word “Norge” to warn German submarines that she was neutral. After going aground in storm and fog, she lay for about two weeks so near the shore that it was possible at low tide to reach, dry-shod, the rope ladder hanging over her side. Her graceful hull and tall masts could be seen from afar across the flat East End landscape, and so many visitors came that, according to newspaper reports, the beach "seemed like Riverhead Fair in the old days." Rare large close image is clear and crisp, a few spots and some soiling to edges. (VG-). $94. North Scituate Life Saving Station c.1890-1910
The finest original views that we have ever had. Original cabinet views, each a full 10” x 12” and with gilded edges show superb detail in an unprecedented format. Station is the North Scituate Bibb #2-Type station, built in 1887 and located near Minot, Mass. Clearly the largest and finest views that we have yet seen.
25362. Interior view $685 net. 25363.
Exterior view with crew posing on the boat ramp. $375 net.
1075.
(photo)
1066. (cabinet view)
1068. (photo) U.S. Life-Saving Service Surfboat and Beach Apparatus on the Beach c.1904. Wonderful clear view of Keeper and crew on the beach with beach apparatus cart, surfboat and Francis Metallic Life-Car as a young boy looks on. Though just a bit distant, nice clear view, nicely composed. A rare lifesaving views and would be quite nice matted and framed. Clear view measures 3 ½” x 5 ½” on postcard paper, dating from 1904-1915 based on stamp box. Clean, crisp, not postmarked. (VG+). $110.
1067. (cabinet view) New Light House Station, Point Loma, California c.1890’s by J. E. Slocum. J.E. Slocum worked as a landscape photographer in San Diego and maintained a studio at 854 Fourth Street. Beginning on November 15, 1855, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse stood watch over the entrance to San Diego Bay for 36 years. What seemed to be a good location 422 feet above sea level, however, had a serious flaw. Fog and low clouds often obscured the light. So a new light station was needed. By the spring of 1890, two Victorian cottages, each flanked by its own cistern and privy, along with a concrete foundation for the lighthouse were completed. The 70 foot tubular lighthouse tower, manufactured by Phoenix Iron Company of Trenton, New Jersey, rolled into San Diego aboard two flatcars of the Southern California Railroad on July 5, 1890. The tower was off-loaded and strong wagons were employed to transport it to the point. During the month of August, the spiral staircase, central tube, and supporting framework were assembled to support the two-story lantern room. the lens was illuminated for the first time on March 23, 1891. Rare early view is unusually close and provides an unprecedented view of the keeper’s houses, cisterns, sheds, and the tall lighthouse tower with sunlight shades drawn. 5” x 8”. Clear, bright, a few marks and small spots of foxing. Professional photos of this early light are extremely rare. (VG-). $84.
1043. (cabinet photos) U.S. Treasury Department Exhibit U. S. Life-Saving Service. c.1900. Unusual clear close views feature the Life-Saving Service exhibit building [station], probably at a world’s exposition at the time. The building is well detailed in these views from the front and a second from a higher perspective. Views measure 4 ½” x 6 ½” and are clear and crisp. Some edge wear from early trimming. These photos are from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Service Stations. (VG). $48 each
1044. (mounted photo) U.S. Life Saving Service Motor Lifeboat (Great Lakes) c.1890. Good view of life-saving crew pulling in an early 36-foot motor lifeboat. Measures 3 ½” x 4 ½”. One crease but does not greatly affect the image although it is through the image. This photo is from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Service Stations. (VG-). $18.
1045a,b. (photo) U.S. Life Saving Service Motor Lifeboat (Great Lakes) c.1890. Good view of Life-Saving Service early motor lifeboat moored at the pier. Bronze life ring with crossed oars insignia is visible on the bow. Measures 3 ¼” x 5”. This photo is from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Service Stations. (VG-). $16.
1024. (photo) U. S. Lighthouse Service Tender "Ilex" in Collision, Bath, Maine c.1939. Large 8” x 10” news photograph shows the United States Lighthouse Tender “Ilex” jammed beneath the Bath, Maine, toll bridge on the Kennebec River as workers labor with cutting torches to free her before she is crushed by the rising tide. Dated August 20, 1939. The Ilex was assigned to the 1st Lighthouse District and was based out of South Portland, ME, where she serviced aids to navigation. During World War II she was still based out of South Portland and serviced anti-submarine nets in addition to aids to navigation duty. In 1942 after the Coast Guard was taken over by the Navy, she received the hull number and designation WAGL-222. On 5 May 1943 she rescued 35 from the grounded freighter Hartwelson. She was decommissioned in 1947 and was sold to a Canadian citizen. She was beached and burned in 1948. Great view, clear, crisp, with caption on back. Light wear. (VG). $64.
RA-414. (mounted photo) North Scituate Life Saving Station c.1890. Wonderful rare early image of the early 1887 Bibb #2 Type life saving station on the beach at North Scituate, Massachusetts. Original albumen image measures 7 ¼” x 8 ¾” and is on original 8” x 10” mount. Image is unusually close, showing the entire station with boatroom doors open as the keeper stands on the boatramp. Inside can be seen boats suspended from the rafters and the early beach apparatus card on the floor. Though image is clear and close, it has faded from time and has light – moderate foxing throughout. Still a great early image of this well known station. Photo completely intact, some edge wear to mount. Included is a scanned and retouched full size image with enhanced contrast, and both images on CD. (G+). $225. LIFE SAVER JOSHUA JAMES
29403. (copy negatives) LIFE
SAVER JOSHUA JAMES WITH CREW,
29413. (photo) U. S. Coast Guard Surfman “Just Married” c. 1925. Wonderful early view shows young Coast Guardsman in photographer’s airplane prop with his new wife. He is holding a hand written sign “Look at us – Just Married”. Clear view measures 3 ½” x 5 ½” on postcard paper, dating from 1918-1930 based on stamp box. Clean, only very light wear, not postmarked. (VG+). $36.
1008. [glass projection slide] Sand Key Lighthouse, Key West, Florida c.1900. Excellent b/w glass projection slide features a close, clear view of the tall iron screw pile lighthouse on sand Key. Lighthouses to mark Florida’s reefs had just recently been completed at Cape Florida, Key West, and the Dry Tortugas, when Congress allocated $16,000 on May 18, 1826 for a lighthouse on Sand Key. This site would prove a dangerous one for a light station as was demonstrated over and over again on, as three dwellings, one lighthouse, and numerous wharfs, privies, and outbuildings were lost to the power of wind and water. The glass slide is large 3 ¼” x 4” and would provide a large clear view. Fine, clear image, close, quite detailed, rare. (VG+). $110.
29409. (photo) Coastal Passenger Steamer Sankaty, New Bedford Steamship Company. c. 1911. 5 ¼” x 9”. Original photo of the coastal passenger ship Sankaty built by Fore River SB Co. for the New Bedford Steamship Co. April 1911. Ship is flying the Fore River flag, and her name pennant. This ship operated between New Bedford, Woods Hole, and Nantucket for some thirty years. She was sold in 1940 to Northumberland Ferries, Prince Edward Island, and renamed Charles A. Dunning. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy during WWII. She foundered in tow en route to the scrapyard, in Gulf of St. Lawrence on October 27, 1964. Large, close, clear view. (VG). $74.
29405. (photo) Crew, U. S. Coast Guard Station #71, Southampton, Long Island, NY. c.1920’s. Vintage photo of station crew, many of which are identified on back. 3” x 5”. (VG+). $45.
29368.(lot 4 photos) United
States Signal Service Station. Circa early 1900’s. The Signal
Service was organized to open and maintain communications, to note the
development and progress of storms, to predict probable future atmospheric
conditions and to report on the conditions of the sea and navigable rivers. In
the later 1870’s, some forty odd observation stations were established in the
principal cities of the country. The organization was sufficiently complete so
that on the 1st of January, 1871, regular reports of weather observations taken
synchronously were telegraphically reported to the Columbia River Light Ship No. 50
#24184. LV 50 was a wooden-hulled vessel constructed in San Francisco and housed two coal-fired boilers, which produced steam for a twelve-inch fog whistle. Three oil lamp lenses, used to alert vessels at night, topped the ship's two masts. The ship had no engine for propulsion, but was equipped with sails in case the anchor chain, which held the vessel at a position roughly five miles west of the Columbia River 's mouth, broke. During a severe storm on the evening of November 28,1899, the chain did break. The crew quickly set the sails and kept the vessel from grounding. After several attempts to tow the ship to safety failed the next day, the vessel was intentionally grounded at McKenzie Head near Cape Disappointment . The Lighthouse Service contracted house-movers Allen & Roberts Co. of Portland, Oregon to move the lightship ½ mile overland on rails. Eighteen months later, after the ship was successfully hauled 700 yards overland, LV 50 was launched into Baker Bay in the Columbia River . The ship returned to station in August of 1901, after a trip to Portland for repairs. This rare album of 35 original 6” x 7 ½” photographs by Photographer J. F. Ford, chronicles the move in unprecedented detail. The album was put together by Allen & Roberts and presented to Captain Joseph H. Harriman of Light Ship No. 50 on July 18, 1901. Cover inscribed “Presented to Captain Jos. H. Harriman, Capt. Of U.S. Light Ship No. 50 July 18, 1901.” Exceptional lot on original string-bound album pages as presented. $2995 net
U. S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps., Sheepshead Bay Station, New York c.1900.
29369. (lot 7 glass negatives) U.
S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps., Sheepshead Bay Station, New York c.1900.
.Lot of seven rare clear glass plate negatives captures nicely the crew and
building of the U. S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps. at Sheepshead Bay, NY.
Sheepshead Bay is a bay separating the mainland of Brooklyn, New York City from
the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter originally a barrier island. The
29380. (copy photo) LIFE SAVER JOSHUA JAMES WITH CREW, Hull, Massachusetts c.1890’s. 11” x 14”. Superb, crystal clear image from original glass plate negative, probably by noted photographer Baldwin Coolidge in the 1890’s, shows renown life-saver Joshua James posing with his crew in the station boatroom. Image is from the archives of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Keeper Joshua James, from the Hull, Massachusetts Life-Saving Station, was one of the most famous life-savers in Coast Guard history. Joshua James was associated with the Massachusetts Humane Society from his early youth until he was made keeper of the Hull station of the Life-Saving Service. His sixty years of rescues and the medals that he and his crews earned were never equaled by any other keeper or crew. Amazingly clear, perfect for framing. Shipped flat. $110.
29381. (copy photo) LIFE SAVER JOSHUA JAMES WITH CREW, Hull, Massachusetts c.1890’s. 11” x 14”. Superb, crystal clear image from original glass plate negative, probably by noted photographer Baldwin Coolidge in the 1890’s, shows renown life-saver Joshua James posing with his crew on the beach in front of their surfboats and beach apparatus carts. Image is from the archives of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Keeper Joshua James, from the Hull, Massachusetts Life-Saving Station, was one of the most famous life-savers in Coast Guard history. Joshua James was associated with the Massachusetts Humane Society from his early youth until he was made keeper of the Hull station of the Life-Saving Service. His sixty years of rescues and the medals that he and his crews earned were never equaled by any other keeper or crew. Amazingly clear, perfect for framing. Shipped flat. $110.
29308. (lot 4 glass negatives) Salisbury Beach Life Saving Station, Mass. c.1900. Lot of four clear glass plate negative captures nicely the Salisbury Beach Life Saving station on the Massachusetts North Shore. This Duluth-type station was built in 1897. Views include the station as well as the added beach lookout tower. Large images measures 4” x 5” and are clear and close. There are some marks and wear to edges but do not detract. Would provide great clear images. (VG). $265.
29311. (lot 2 glass negatives)
29335. (lot 5 photos) U.S. Life Saving Service Surf Boat Practice, Great Lakes c.1901. Great lot shows good views of surfboat and lifeboat drills. Rare images measures 3 3/8” x 3 3/8” (4) and 3 3/8” x 4 3/8” (1). and are clean and clear. Dated on back June 17, 1901. This lot is from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Stations. (VG+). $45.
29318. (photo) U. S. Life Saving Service Surfmen Posing with Wives c. 1910. Rare close photo shows two surfmen posing behind their seated wives. Rare family view. Close b/w images on postcard paper. 3 ½” x 5 ½”, clean, crisp. (VG+). $48.
22144a,b,c. (mounted photos) City Point Life Saving Station, Dorchester Bay, Boston Harbor c.1895. The City Point Life Saving Station was one of only two such floating stations in the United States. Anchored in Dorchester Bay, she was designed to render assistance in the numerous casualties occurring to yachts and sailboats in that area. She was equipped with a gasoline launch, the Relief, probably the first station in the country to have a power boat. She was constructed in Greenport, Long Island in 1895 and these rare images show her at anchor, and with her crew both in summer and in dress uniforms. Superb images measure 7 ½” x 9 ¼” on original 11” x 14” mounts. An unprecedented lot. (VG+). Crew photos $325 each, vessel photo $295.
29181. (negative) Joseph
Francis’ Metallic Lifecar c.1910. Clear close negative
captures nicely the early Francis’ Metallic Lifecar beside a life-saving
station. Joseph Francis, born in
29177. (negative set)
29179a,b. (negative)
29284. (mounted photo) SS General Slocum, Burned and Sunk off Hunt’s Point, East River, New York June 15, 1904. The SS General Slocum was launched in 1891. She caught fire and burned to the water in New York’s East River on June 15, 1904. More than 1,000 people died in the accident, making it the New York City area's worst loss-of-life disaster, a title it would retain until the attacks of 2001. The Captain mishandled the situation badly. After becoming aware of the fire, he decided to continue his course rather than run the ship aground or stop at a nearby landing. By continuing into headwinds and failing to immediately ground the ship, he actually fanned the fire. Very flammable paint also helped the fire to spread out of control. Some passengers attempted to jump into the river, but the women's clothing of the day made swimming almost impossible. Clear close view measures 4” x 6” and provides excellent detail of the remains of the General Slocum visible above the waters of the East River. Clean, clear. (VG+). $58.
29283. (lot 3 mounted photos) Tiana Life Saving Station, Long Island, New York c.1900. The Tiana station was built in 1871 abreast of Shinnecock Bay, "two miles southwest of Shinnecock light." It was a Red-House-Type station and was expanded in 1887. These three views measure 3 ¼” square and show good views of the station from two sides, the third being a beach scene. These photos are from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Stations. (VG). $45.
29258. (lot 11 photos) Damiscove Island Life-Saving station, Maine c.1900. This modified Port Huron Type station was built in 1897 near Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Views measure 3 ½” x 4 ½” and include views of the station, additional boathouse, breeches buoy drill, and a number of views of the station motor surfboat and motor lifeboat. Rare lot. These photos are from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Stations. Some duplicates. VG). $118.
29287. (mounted photo) U.S. Life Saving Service, District Superintendent, 3rd Life-Saving District, Arthur Dominy c.1900. Great image shows a close, clear view of who we believe to be Arthur Dominy, 3rd Life Saving District Superintendent standing in front of an expanded Red House type station on the Long Island coast. Note to his right is a Francis Metallic Life Car sitting on blocks on the sand. Image measures 3” x 5 ¼” on original 4 ½” x 6 ½” mount. Clean and clear, nice view. This photo is from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Stations. (VG+). $85. 29286. (mounted photo) U.S. Life Saving Service Crew, 3rd Life-Saving District, Long Island, New York c.1900. Great image shows a close, clear view of the keeper and his 7-man crew posing beside their station, an expanded Red House type station on the Long Island coast. Image measures 3” x 5 ¼” on original 4 ½” x 6 ½” mount. Clean and clear, nice view of uniforms, insignia, etc. This photo is from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Stations. (VG+). $95.
29288. (photo) U.S. Life Saving Service Crew c.1900. Great image shows a close, clear view of the keeper and his 10-man crew posing inside their station. Rare image measures 4 ½” x 6 ½”. Clean and clear, nice view of uniforms, insignia, etc. This photo is from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Stations. (VG+). $75.
29285. (lot 3 mounted photos) Arena Cove Life-Saving Station, Point Arena, California c.1900. Three large mounted photos show the station located in the canyon, and two views of the boathouse and launchway before and while under repair. The Arena Cove station was a modified Port Huron-Type station built without the octagonal tower because the high hills necessitated the look-out be placed on top of the cliff. Today the station is a bed and breakfast inn. Station photo measures 5” x 7”, and the two boathouse views measure 3 ½” x 5” each. Nice clear views. These photos are from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Stations. (VG). $118.
29279. (mounted photo) Erie (Presque Isle) Life Saving / Coast Guard Station, Lake Erie, Pennsylvania c.1917. Superb mounted photo shows the 1875-Type life saving station, located on the north side of Erie Harbor, after it was modified and updated. The station remains in operation to this day, assigned to the Ninth District (Great Lakes) of the U.S. Coast Guard. View measures 4 ½” x 6 ½” and is crystal clear, showing great detail of the station, additional watch tower, as well as the Life-Saving Service pennant flying from the mast. These photos are from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Stations. (VG+). $74.
4522b. (stereoview) Hospital Point Lighthouse, Beverly c.1870’s. Close, clear view on yellow mount shows great detail of the ornately decorated Hospital Point Lighthouse in Beverly on Boston's North Shore. Beverly was an active port for both trade and fishing and by May of 1872 a temporary light was exhibited at Hospital Point. By the following year, a 45-foot- square brick lighthouse and adjacent two-story keeper's house were complete, exhibiting a rare 3 1/2-order Fresnel lens. The balconies shown in this view were removed about 1890. A nicely detailed view, only very light soiling. Rare view. (VG). $68. 4522c. (stereoview) Hospital Point Lighthouse, Beverly c.1870’s by John B. Hill, Beverly, Mass. Close, clear view on large 4” yellow mount shows great detail of the ornately decorated Hospital Point Lighthouse in Beverly on Boston's North Shore. Beverly was an active port for both trade and fishing and by May of 1872 a temporary light was exhibited at Hospital Point. By the following year, a 45-foot- square brick lighthouse and adjacent two-story keeper's house were complete, exhibiting a rare 3 1/2-order Fresnel lens. The balconies shown in this view were removed about 1890. A nicely detailed view, with light-moderate foxing. With photographer’s listing on published views on back. Rare view. (VG). $58.
29244. (photo Lot) U.S. Life Saving Service c.1900. Superb lot of four large mounted photographs provides a number of different views of the Life Saving Service activities at a turn of the century exposition. Images measure about 6 ½” x 8 ½” each on 10” x 12” mounts. Views include: Interior view of the temporary Life-Saving station set up for the fair; Station crew posed by the station door; Close view of the crew performing the roll-over drill for the throngs of onlookers; Large group of life-savers (more than 28 surfmen and keepers) poses with family (?). Photos are all clear and close, in good condition, some wear to mounts. A rare lot. (VG). $485.
29130. (original silver print photo) White Island Light Station, New Hampshire c.1904 by Henry G. Peabody. Beautiful silver print “#156 of White Island Lighthouse and Dwelling” by renown landscape and marine photographer Henry G. Peabody. Unusually clear, close view shows all aspects of the station including the keeper’s boat with the sail up drying in the breeze. The Isles of Shoals, a cluster of nine islands, is located several miles off the seacoast of New Hampshire. The first lighthouse in the Isles of Shoals was established on White Island in 1821. In 1839, Thomas Laighton (1805-1866) became keeper. Laighton and his wife, Eliza, moved to White Island with their two children, Oscar and Celia. Later in 1841 a baby, Cedric, was born to the Laightons at the lighthouse. Laighton's daughter, Celia, later gained widespread fame as Celia Thaxter, poet and author. In her book, Among the Isles of Shoals, she described the family's arrival and life White Island Lighthouse. Henry Greenwood Peabody (1855-1951), photographer, lecturer, and publisher of educational slides and films, enjoyed a remarkable career spanning nearly sixty years. Peabody produced thousands of photographs, slides, and films documenting the American landscape, worked in virtually every photographic process, delivered lectures describing the scenery that he so lovingly photographed, and published books that visually described the landscapes and scenery in which he specialized. Peabody attended Washington University in St. Louis, and later the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1879 Peabody set up a studio with Alexander Hesler in Chicago and later relocated to Boston where Peabody opened a studio in 1886. He specialized in marine, landscape and architectural photography. He also served as the official photographer for the Boston and Maine Railroad and the Great Northern Railway, photographed the Americas Cup races, and published Representative American Yachts and The Coast of Maine. In 1898, Peabody accepted a position with the Detroit Publishing Company, the largest postcard publisher in the United States. From 1900-1908 he served as field photographer on both the east and west coasts. For this reason we see many of Peabody’s earlier images such as this White Island Lighthouse view showing up as later real photo postcards. From about 1910 to the end of his career, Peabody produced photographs and slides of the American landscape for educational purposes. His life, according to one historian, "embraced the whole cycle of photography from its earliest days as a novelty to the era when every man could be his own camera expert. He exerted a vital influence on the profession and on the acceptance of photographs in the public interest. Original silver print measures 7” x 9 ¼” and is mounted on early album page. Print is clear and clean, perfect for framing. A striking and thoroughly interesting view. (F-). $445.
29221. (tintype) U.S. Life Saving Service Surfman c.1870. 1/6th plate. Offered is an incredibly rare tintype of a U.S. Life Saving Service Surfman. The subject is sitting in a chair, probably in the photographer’s studio. Clearly visible is the gentleman’s cap, with the words [LIFE] “SAVING SERVICE” visible to the camera. His weathered appearance speaks of his long career on the sea. We have long suspected that, like cabinet views and other early forms of photography, there must have been some tintypes of life-savers produced but until now we had never been able to find any. Presently this is the only one known to us. Tintypes, also known as a ferrotypes, originated in the early 1850’s and became the choice for photographers before photographic paper was invented. The use of this form peaked in the 1861-1870 period and began to give way to other forms of photography by 1900. Tintypes were produced on a metallic sheet (not actually tin) instead of the more common glass plates. The sheet was coated and sensitized just before use, as in the wet plate process. These early metal plates were then placed in the back of a box camera and exposed directly though the camera lens. Because of this all forms of early photography resulted in a mirror image of the subject, as is this image. The most common size for a tintype was 2 5/8” x 3 ¼” [1/6 plate], but they were made in numerous sizes. Tintypes were the first inexpensive photographic print and as such, made photography available to the working class. Also, being quite rugged, tintypes could be sent by mail, and many photographers did quite a trade visiting the encampments during the Civil War. The surfman sports a jacket common to life-savers of this early era, but without the brass buttons instituted in the late 1870’s. I would suspect that this image was captured in the early 1870’s, at the inception of the reorganized Life-Saving Service. Measures 2 3/8” x 3 9/16”. Condition is exceptional, clear, fine contrast, no scratches to image. (VG+). $725.
29252a. (photo) U.S. Life Saving Service Type E Motor Lifeboat Dreadnaught (Point Adams LSS, Washington). 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”. Crew in white summer uniform. Clear, crisp, one rust mark. (VG-). $74. 29252b. (photo) U.S. Life Saving Service Type E Motor Lifeboat Dreadnaught (Point Adams LSS, Washington). 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”. Crew in white summer uniform. Clear, fold through center, some wear. (G). $22.
29278. (lot 4 mounted photos) U. S. Life Saving Service, 34ft Wooden Merryman Type E Motor Life-boat “Intrepid”, Duluth Life Saving Station c.1900. Superb set of four mounted photo shows the Type E motor-lifeboat of the Duluth station performing an overturn drill for crowds watching at a large exposition. Nice set of views shows various points in the drill with great detail. Views measure 4 ½” x 6 ½”. These photos are from the personal collection of Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assistant Inspector of United States Life-Saving Stations. (VG). $165.
29227. (photo) First-Order Lighthouse Lens From The Hog Island Lighthouse c.1950. This first-order lens is pictured while on loan to the Mariners Museum in the 1950’s. The lens, the second largest lighthouse lens in the United States stands 10 feet tall and weighs 2,500 pounds. 368 prisms make up the reflective body of the lens. The first Hog Island Lighthouse was built in 1852 on what was the southern end of Hog Island, the northern most part of the natural barrier islands between the Virginia’s Eastern Shore and the Atlantic Ocean. By the 1920s the ocean had eroded much of the island and in the 1930’s a hurricane claimed even more of the land. The 10-foot high lens, a first order produced by the Henry-LePaute company in France, was removed from the lighthouse before the final destruction of the facility in 1948. The land the lighthouse stood on is now underwater. The southern end of the island is no higher than 12 feet now. Now only an abandoned Coast Guard station and a watchtower remain. Today the lens is preserved in a beautiful exhibit pavilion in downtown Portsmouth, Virginia. Photo is b/w, measuring 5 ½” x 9 ½”. Clean, clear, great image. (VG+). $54.
29164. (stereoview) U.S. Life-Saving Service in Parade, Chicago, Illinois c.1900. Unusual vintage stereoview showing the crew of the Chicago Life Saving Station in their surfboat in a parade in Chicago. The boat is being drawn on its carriage by a team of horses, with the keeper and crew seated in the boat. The parade appears to be taking place on State Street and clearly shows The Fair, an early discount department store that was later purchased by Montgomery Ward & Co. On the reverse of the card is hand-written Thornton Johnson, who may have been the owner of the card or the person who made the stereo view card. View is clear and clean, with some wear and staining to buff mount. (VG-). $42.
29180c. (cabinet photo) U.S. Life-Saving Service, Fletchers Neck Station, Biddeford Pool, Maine c.1904. One of the larger Life-Saving Service station views that I have yet had, this striking piece measures a full 7 1/2" x 9" on original 11" x 14" mount, and provides an extremely rare view of this large “modern” life-saving station. Probably taken in 1904 when the station was built, this Duluth-type station was built to replace the earlier 1874-type station, known at the time as the Biddeford Pool station. Image is clear and close, just a hint of soiling and provides an unprecedented view. The mount has had wear, with some worn corners and a few stains, but the photo itself is unaffected. This is an exceptionally rare view, taken near the opening of this unusual station, soon after the station was completed in 1904. It is one of the largest of the day that I have yet seen and is truly a museum piece. Photo by Philbrick & Co., Biddeford, Me. Both stations still exist today, lovingly preserved. (VG+). $325.
29180a. (cabinet photo) U.S. Life-Saving Service, Biddeford Pool Station, Maine c.1890-1900. One of the rarer, more desirable views that I have found. This charming piece measures 3 ¾” x 5” on original gray 5 ½” x 6 ½” mount, and provides an extremely rare view of the life saving crewman shaving another beside the early 1874-Type Biddeford Pool (later called Fletchers Neck) station. Beautiful clear view shows great detail of the two men, one with a cloth covering his uniform as he leans back under the shaver’s razor. Such views of day-to-day life are extremely rare and desirable. Image is clear and close, little if any soiling. This is an exceptionally rare view and is truly a museum piece. Photo by Charles S. Butters Photographer, Haverhill, Mass. Both stations still exist today, lovingly preserved. (VG+). $245.
29166. (cabinet view)
2939b (stereoview)
29141. (cabinet photo) U.S. Life-Saving Station, Old Chicago, Lake Michigan c.1905. One of the largest Life-Saving Service cabinet views that I have yet had, this striking piece measures a full 10” x 13 3/8” on its original 12” x 16” mount and provides an extremely rare view of this large “modern” life-saving station. The first Chicago station was established in 1877-78. opened as part of the 10th District, as Life Saving Station #7. The Chicago station was located on the south side of the Chicago River just inside the entrance on a 48ft X 77ft plot of land. Over time it was determined that the station was far too small for the eight man crew assigned. Soon officials were calling for a first class station to be built to house a full crew of life savers for such an important city. Eventually Lt J. E. Reinburg of the Chicago Life-Saving Service District Office began to make plans for the new station. However, it wasn't until 1902 that they received a set of proposed plans and not until 1905 that the station was built and actually ready to be moved into. The original station continued to used to house equipment and apparatus until 1925, when station crew razed the old station, saving anything of use including nails to build a new storage building. The photo itself is large and quite detailed. Included in this unusually close view are a number of scenes, each of which would make a fine photo. First is a motor yacht, apparently used by the District Inspector or station crew for inspections or to aid in search and rescue. The second view includes the station with its four boat ramps. A crew of eight men stands with one surfboat, while other boats can be seen on the rails. In the foreground is a motor lifeboat with both sails up. Image is clear and close, just a bit of soiling and provides an unprecedented view. The mount has had wear, with some bent edges, but by and large the photo itself is unaffected. This is an exceptionally rare view, taken near the opening of this unusual station, soon after the station was completed in 1905. It is by far the largest of the day that I have yet seen and is truly a museum piece. (VG-). $325.
29146b. (mounted photo) Eastern Point Lighthouse at Gloucester, Massachusetts c.1900. Superb silver print of the Eastern Point Lighthouse at Gloucester, Massachusetts. The East Point Lighthouse has a long history with the first stone lighthouse being erected in 1832, a second larger version built in 1848 and the final structure as known today in 1890. Based on the structures shown in this photo it is estimated the photograph was made about 1900 or possibly earlier placing it within the time period that lighthouse keeper George E. Bailey (1892-1926) maintained the facility. There is a great view of a line of schooners passing the point behing the light station. Unusually large image measures 7 ½” x 9 ½” on original 11” x 14” mount. Mount has been punched for inclusion in an album. Beautiful clean, clear image, just a hint of foxing and light edge wear to mount. (VG+) $128.
29133. (stereoview) Atlantic City Life Saving Station with crew and Absecon Lighthouse, Atlantic City, N. J. c.1890 by S. R. Fisher Photographer, Norristown, Pa. . This unusual clear, close view shows the Life-Saving Service crewmen posing on the beach with their surfboat and carriage. In addition, this unusually detailed image includes good view of the 1884 Deal-type Life-Saving Service station with other boats inside, as well as the drill tower, the lighthouse, keeper’s house and adjacent buildings. Oversize view provides good detail, clear with great toning. Overall clean, light occasional foxing. (VG). $110.
29107. (cabinet photo) Surfman, U. S. Life Saving Service by Armour, Oswego, New York. c.1890-1910. Superb view shows a handsome surfman, nicely posing in uniform. Easily readable is the “Life Saving Service” on his band and his life ring with crossed oars insignia on his arm, and a portion of his ranking insignia “5”. Clear close view on photographer’s mount measures 5” x 8 ½” overall. Moderate edge wear to mount, otherwise clean clear view. (VG). $225. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photographs
(photo) U.S. Coast Guard Light Station, Ship John Shoal.
29172.
(photo) U.S. Coast Guard Station, Townsend Inlet, New
Jersey. Original official U.S. Coast Guard photo shows a great view
from the air of the Bibb #2 Type station built in 1887. Image includes the
extremely tall added lookout tower, out buildings and surrounding area. Photo
measures 8” x 10” and stamped on the back “… U.S. Coast Guard, 3rd Coast
Guard Dist..” Photo is not dated, guessing c.1960. Nice view, clean,
clear. (VG+). $28. Additional views from this lot ($18-$32 each) include: Lighthouses: Stratford Shoal – ’69, Romer Shoal – ’53, West Bank Light Station –’58, Stepping Stones – ’63, Execution Rocks – ’63, Esopus Meadow – ’63, Miah Maull Shoal – ’63, Penfield Reef – ’58, Ship John Shoal – ’68, Brandywine Shoal – ’68, New Dorp – ’63, Falkner Island – ’63, Lynde Point – ’63, Cape St. Elias Light, Alaska – ’50, North Brother Island – ’63, Fire Island Inlet Breakwater Light – ’63, Barnegat Inlet North Breakwater Light – ’64, Delaware Bay East Icebreaker Light – ’63. USCG Ships/boats/other: Five Fathom Lightship – ’63, USCGC Tuckahoe, 26 ft motor surfboat (assigned to USCGC Spencer) – ’65, 18 ft motor launch – ’66, LARC-5 (self-propelled amphibious vehicle) – ’65, NY Operation Sail – 1964, Argentine Navy sailing ship LIBERTAD, Portuguese Navy sailing ship SAGRES. USCG Stations/Bases: CGSta Shark River (NJ) – ’59, CGSta Atlantic Beach (LI) – ’63, CGSta Eaton’s Neck (LI) – ’63, CGSta Fire Island (LI) – ’68 photo of planned new station, CGSta Fire Island (LI) – photo of completed new station, CGBase Gloucester (NJ), Unknown CGStation. LORAN Stations: Matratin – ’63, Estartit – ’63, Estaca De Vares – ’63, Estaca De Vares – Timer room equipment – ’63, Simeri Grighi – ’63, Caglairi – ’63, Targabarun – ’63, CGLMS Rhodes – Technician at console – ’63, MEDSEC OFFICE , Naples.
29139. [glass projection slide] Steamship SS Portland. c.1890’s. Rare glass projection slide featuring a clear, close view of the side wheel steamship Portland underway. The paddle wheel steamship SS Portland was one of the largest and most palatial vessels afloat in New England during the 1890s. Built in 1889 by, the steamer ran between Portland, Maine and Boston until its loss with all hands in 1898. The wooden-hulled paddle wheel steamship Portland measured 291 feet in total length with a maximum breadth of 68 feet. Built by the New England Shipbuilding Company of Bath, Maine, the steamer was one of New England's largest and most luxurious side paddle wheel steamships, accommodating up to 800 passengers. For nearly 10 years SS Portland connected Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine for the Portland Steam Packet Company without much notoriety. The Portland carried thousands of passengers and tons of cargo along the New England coast and earned the reputation as a safe and dependable steamer. On Nov. 26, 1898, the steamship left India Wharf in Boston for Portland, Maine on a regularly scheduled run. However, she never made it to port. None of the 192 passengers and crew survived the massive storm that wreaked havoc on New England's coast - a storm that was later dubbed "The Portland Gale" after the tragic loss of the ship. Debris was washed up all along the Massachusetts coast. In the 1989, maritime researchers discovered the remains of the wreck on Stellwagen Bank just north of Provincetown on Cape Cod. The glass slide measures s are large 3 ¼” x 4” and would provide a large clear view. Fine, clear images, a bit of sunning or lens flare to water. (VG). $84 net.
29150. (photo) Chance Brothers Glass Works, Birmingham, England, Cleaning 1st Order Lens c.1920. 6” x 8” original b/w press photograph provides great detail of a worker in the Chance Brothers factory cleaning this 1st Order lens bound for Eclipse Island, Australia. The Eclipse Island Lighthouse was a reinforced concrete tower built in 1926, and was the first Commonwealth light built in Western Australia. The light originally had a Chance Brothers lantern and this first order lens, which were removed in 1976. Includes original press release description on back. Clean, clear, nice view. (VG+). $68.
2996. (hand colored photograph) Eastern Point Light Station, Gloucester, Mass. c.1940-1950’s. Beautiful hand colored photograph taken from the drive of the often painted Eastern Point Light Station. Great view includes the keeper’s dwellings, light tower, fog signal building, radio towers and more. Coloring is superb, mounted on original board, perfect for framing. Photo size is 8” x 10”. (VG+). $74.
20538b. (photo) Fire
at Boston Harbor “Bug Light” June 7, 1929. Extremely rare
8” x 10” hand tinted photograph showing Boston’s Narrows or
“Bug” Lighthouse as it was being destroyed by fire. The lighthouse
constructed was a screw-pile type on iron “legs” (thus its nickname
"Bug Light"), with a hexagonal wooden dwelling with galvanized
metal roof and lantern perched on top. This lighthouse design was quite
unusual at the time and was the first such design constructed in
29169. (glass negative) Nubble Lighthouse, Cape Neddick, Maine c.1910’s. Clear glass plate negative captures nicely Maine’s rocky coastline with a fine view of Nubble Lighthouse perched on the rocky point. This photo was taken after the light tower was changed from brown to white in 1902, and includes the keeper’s dwelling and skeleton fog bell tower. Large image measures 5” x 7” and is clear and close. Would provide a clear image. Rare image. (VG+). $68.
2995. (mounted photo) Eastern Point Lighthouse at Gloucester, Massachusetts c.1900. Published by Procter Brothers, Gloucester. c.1900. Excellent view of the Eastern Point Lighthouse at Gloucester, Massachusetts. Also prominent is the “Mother Ann” rock formation to the left of the image. The East Point Lighthouse has a long history with the first stone lighthouse being erected in 1832, a second larger version built in 1848 and the final structure as known today in 1890. Based on the structures shown in this photo it is estimated the photograph was made about 1900 or possibly earlier placing it within the time period that lighthouse keeper George E. Bailey (1892-1926) maintained the facility. There is a great double line of cloths hanging in front of the building giving it a very ‘lived in’ feel. Procter Brothers, Francis and George, were the sons of a sea captain and natives of Gloucester. Francis opened the Old Corner Book Store in 1850 in Gloucester. In 1855 he partnered with George to do business as Procter Brothers publishing newspapers, pamphlets, books, photographs, postcards and stationary. Both brothers were active members of the community and in 1903 they incorporated as Procter Brothers Company continuing on in the field of publishing. The label on the verso of this photograph reads, “From Procter Brothers, ‘Old Corner’ Book and Stationery Store, 108 Main St., …Gloucester, Mass. Eastern Point Light.” The 108 Main Street address shows up from around 1882 through about 1909 in city directories. Image measures 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” on original 10” x 12” mount. Beautiful clean, clear image, just a hint of foxing, light edge wear to mount. (VG) $148.
28357a,b. [negative] Monhegan Lighthouse, Maine c.1900. Unusual large format negative featuring a clear, close view of the Monhegan Lighthouse, about 10 miles offshore from mid-coast Maine. The 48-foot granite tower built in 1850 still stands today. It is very similar to the lighthouse on Whitehead Island, built at about the same time. A new two-story keeper's house was built in 1874. Clear, close image shows great detail of the tower and powerful second-order Fresnel lens. The negative is large 4” x 5” and would provide a large clear print. A good, clear image. (VG)+. $34 net.
A-163. (water color) Original w/c painting Thacher’s Island South Lighthouse, Cape Ann, Mass. c.1890. Superb original water color shows the Thacher’s Island South Lighthouse off Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Nice depiction of the tall light tower and keeper’s house, and fog signal building guarding the rocky coast. Painting measures 9” x 14”. Painting is not signed, but may be by D. W. Southard (a New Hampshire based “Sunday painter”.) In pencil on back “Thacher South Capt. House, Fog Horn. Aug. 1890. Lived with Capt. Hadley at the North Light. Our Mrs. Hadley & Son.” Painting may have been done by a keeper or family as well. Painting is bright and bold with wonderful coloring and great detail. There are some condition issues, however. Lower left corner has 7” fold. Edges are worn with some short tears, and there is moderate foxing to sky area. Could be conserved, matted and framed and would be quite striking. (G+) $135 net
2990. (negative / contact print) U.S. Life Saving Service Surfboat and Crew in parade c.1900. Wonderful close, clear view shows the surfboat in the circus parade of the Walter L. Main Circus. The surfboat is on a carriage being pulled by four mules as part oof the parade. In the boat is the life-saving crew, seated with oars upright. Walter L. Main, had an outstanding career in the circus business during 1887-1939. His Walter Main Circus, headquartered in Geneva, Ohio, was, at a time, one of the largest traveling railroad circuses in the world. Wonderful close, clear view. Negative large format, 3 ½” x 4 ½”. (VG). $48. Merrimack River Life-Saving Station, Plum Island, Massachusetts
28395. (mounted photo) Capt. Thomas J. Maddock and the Crew of the U. S. Merrimack River Life-Saving Station, Plum Island, Massachusetts c.1900. Superb clear, close image we believe to be of Capt. Thomas J. Maddock with two of his crew, posing with their wives on the boa tramp of the Bibb #2 Type station located at the north end of Plum Island in Newburyport. The keeper’s wife is seated beside him, beautifully dressed. The gentleman on the right with his wife may be the District Superintendent, we are not certain. The surfmen too are posing with their wives nearby. This was probably taken on a Sunday after church, as the men are dressed in their finest clothes, the surfmen with white bow ties included. The image measures 6” x 8” and is on original 10” x 12” gray mat. Mat has one corner chipped, bumping to others. Image is clear and crisp, just a few small marks, about as nice as they come. (drawer 4)(VG+). $325.
2199. [photo on mat] Merrimack River Life-Saving Station, Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts by Gardner Wood Photographer, Groveland, Mass. c.1900-1910. Photograph measures 4 ½" h x 7" w on 7 ½" by 9 ½" mat. You may remember that Gardner Wood’s grandson Vincent L. Wood published a chronicle of life at the Merrimack River Life-Saving Station entitles Plum Island Recollections [available in soft cover for $16.95]. This interesting work provides a wonderful account of life as the Keeper of the Merrimack River Life-Saving Station, bringing together over 80 never before published vintage photographs made from the family’s archives of glass plate negatives. This is an original of one of those photos, taken by Mr. Wood’s Grandfather, providing an unusually clear, crisp views of the station, and of the crew showing the surfboat to throngs of summer visitors. Photo itself is exceptionally clear and crisp, near fine. The mat on which it was originally mounted has come moisture staining and foxing which affects only the extreme edges of the photograph. In original wood frame with wood backing. This is an exceptionally clear, clean view and will be superb re-matted and framed. $155 net.
378a,b. (set two mounted photos) Life-Saving Service Breeches Buoy Drill, Plum Island, Mass c.1884. Large, early mounted style photographs measure 5" x 7" and provides an extremely rare view of the Keeper and crew of the Plum Island Life-Saving station performing the breeches buoy drill. Quite visible is the beach apparatus cart and rigging as the projectile is fired toward the drill pole in the distance. These are striking early views and shows good detail of the equipment laid out for the drill. The photos are large and quite clear and crisp, with only a bit of foxing, one corner fold. In one view can be seen Captain (Keeper) “Jim” Elliott. Noted on the back is also the date taken, September 3, 1894. These are exceptionally rare lifesaving views and would be superb matted and framed. (VG). $276 set.
6641. Wood, Vincent L., PLUM ISLAND
RECOLLECTIONS - Views and Reminiscences of Plum Island c.1900 Recounting
the Deeds of Capt. Thomas J. Maddock and the Crew of the U. S. Merrimack
River Life-Saving Station, Plum Island, Massachusetts.
2993. (photo) Officers and Crew, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Manning c.1915-1918. Clear, close view provides great detail of the officers and crew as they pose for a formal portrait on the deck of the Manning during World War I. The Manning, a brigantine-rigged 205-foot, 1,150-ton steamer, was commissioned in 1898 in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and saw immediate service during the Spanish American War as a blockader and escort vessel. She then transferred to the Pacific coast where she was assigned to the Bering Sea fleet. During World War I she served under the Navy as a convoy escort based out of Gibraltar and then returned to duty out of Norfolk, VA after the war. She was decommissioned in May, 1930 and sold in December of that same year to Mr. Charles A. Jording of Baltimore for the princely sum of $2,200.02. Clear view measures 3 ½” x 5 ½” on postcard paper. Light soiling to mat, not postmarked. (VG+). $64.
25367. (cabinet photo) Surfman, U. S. Life Saving Service by F. B. Way, Ashtabula, Ohio. c.1890-1900. Superb view shows a handsome surfman, posing with uniform hat in hand. Easily readable is the “Life Saving Service” on his band and his “U. S. L. S. S.” insignia on his arm. Clear close view on photographer’s mount measures 4 ¼” x 6 ½” . Moderate edge wear to mount, otherwise clean crisp view. (VG). $295.
2943. (photo) U.S. Life Saving Station, Little Cranberry Island, Maine c.1913. Clear though a bit distant view shows lonely station in great detail as a man poses on the boatramp. In back a surfman stationed there penned a note to a friend, noting that “The man on the post is not yours truly”. Clear view measures 3 ½” x 5 ½” on postcard paper. Light wear, postmarked July 29, 1913. (VG+). $44.
2964. (photo) U.S. Coast Guard Station, Kewaunee, Wisconsin c.1926. Original official U.S. Coast Guard photo shows the expanded Bibb #3 Type station built in 1893 with a Lake Michigan steamer getting up steam nearby. Nice clear, close view shows the crew working on a number of the station boats on the boatramp. Photo measures 3 ½” x 9” and stamped on the back “Government Property…. U.S. Coast Guard….” And is dated June 4, 1926. Nice view, clean, with tape album corners on the margin. (VG+). $34.
2939. (stereoview)
28357c. [glass negative] Plymouth Gurnet Twin Lighthouses, U.S. Life Saving Service station, Mass. c.1900. Unusual large glass plate negative featuring a clear, close view of the well known Plymouth Gurnet Twin lighthouses and keeper’s dwelling. To one side can be seen the lookout of the 1892 Bibb #2 Type U.S. Life Saving Service station. The negative is large 5” x 8” and would provide a large clear print. A good, clear image, a few scratches. (VG). $224 net.
28440. (photograph) Old Point Comfort Light Station, Christmas Season 1953. Original 7 ½” x 9” b/w photo provides a close clear view of the station including the light lit for the evening, and the early light-keeper’s quarters lit up as the keeper’s family prepares for the holiday. News caption on the back notes that Keeper Bob West has to stay on duty most of the evening. News photo, dated December 20, 1953. Clear, close, light stain lower margin. (VG). $54.
28396. (mounted photos) U.S. Life Saving Station and Crew, Ilwaco, Washington c.1900. Great set of two original mounted photos show the crew posing on the boat ramp of the station boathouse, and the crew pulling the surfboat on its carriage to the beach. Photos each measure 4” x 4” on 5 ½” x 5 ½” fancy white mat. Photos are clear and close, but just a bit light. Only very light if any wear to mounts. (VG). $112.
28362. (cabinet photo)
28368. (cabinet photo) Boon Island Light Station, York, Maine c.1850’s - 1860’s. One of the largest and earliest lighthouse cabinet views that I have yet had, this striking piece measures a full 10” x 12 ¾” on its original 13” x 16” mount and provides an extremely rare view of this desolate, dangerous light station. Talk of building a lighthouse on Boon Island dates back as early as 1710 when the ship Nottinham Galley ran aground on the barren outcrop that makes up the island. In 1799 the first day marker and the station itself were established on the island. Boon Island is a very flat, rocky piece of land, well surrounded by ledges and was one of the most isolated and dangerous stations off the Maine coast. President James Madison authorized the building of the lighthouse on Boon Island during the War of 1812. This first tower along with a subsequent replacement were both washed away in storm and by 1855 a new lighthouse tower was erected near the old tower. This current tower consisted of a gray granite conical tower, 133 feet above the water, 6’2 miles off the coast of Maine and originally had a second order Fresnel lens installed. Included in this unusually close view are the tall granite light tower, large masonry keeper’s dwelling and a number of out buildings. Interesting is the large American flag flying from a pole. The photo itself is large and quite detailed. Due to the unusual age, it has faded just a bit but still provides an unprecedented view. The mount has had some moisture with some staining, but by and large the photo itself is unaffected. The photo has only a bit of light foxing. This is an exceptionally rare view, taken near the inception of photography and soon after the light station was completed in 1855. It is by far the largest of the day that I have yet seen and is truly a museum piece. (G+). $415 net.
28237. (mounted photo) U.S.
Life Boat [Saving] Station and Crew, Willapa Bay, Washington c.1890 by
J.H. Blome, Photographer. A fine original image, considered by some to be one of the best
Life-Saving images on record, shows many aspects of the Willapa Bay station
including the original 1875-Type station, the seldom seen separate keeper’s
cottage built in about 1885, the crew posing, oars up, in the surfboat as well
as an early surfboat on a carriage behind. In addition, the early beach
apparatus cart is visible near the boat ramp. Another rare feature is the flag
hoist, rarely seen in its full early form. At the top is the American flag, next
the station number (#2) pennant, and beneath that the blue and white Life-Saving
Service station pennant. Originally called Shoalwater Bay L.S.S., it was soon
renamed Willapa Bay L.S.S.. It was the 28320b. (news photo) U.S. Lighthouse Service, Airways Division, Airport Beacon, Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia c.1920’s. The Air Commerce Act of 1926, provided for the encouragement and use of aircraft in commerce, under the Secretary of Commerce. The Airways Division was set up as a part of the Lighthouse Service, and F.C. Hingsburg was appointed Chief Engineer, Airways Division. Mr. Hingsburg was previously Superintendent of Lighthouses on general duty, and had been connected with the Lighthouse Service since 1911. Early b/w photo measures 6 ½” x 8 ½” and shows a close, clear view of the beacon lens mounted high on the skeleton iron tower. Photo by “International Newsreel”. Light soiling, remains of paper caption on edge. Extremely rare aspect of early Lighthouse Service duties, such photos are almost non existent. (VG). $145.
28280. (set 3 large mounted photos) U.S. Life Saving Service Surfboat Drill, Appalachian Exposition in Knoxville, Tennesee, 1910. Superb lot of three original large mounted photographs of the life-saving crew with their Beebe-McLellan type pulling/sailing surfboat performing the surfboat roll-over drill at the 1910 Appalachian Exposition in Knoxville, Tennesee. Photos measure 7 ¼” x 9 ½” on 12” x 14” mounts. Mounts marked with photographer’s name “Thompson Photographer Knoxville”. The views show clear, close views of the life savers performing the roll-over drill including the boat upright with surfman jumping into the water, surfboat on its side as the men pull her over, and final view of the boat completely upside down with the men on the top, preparing to right her. In the background can be seen the crew’s temporary boathouse and large drill pole, as well as other exposition buildings. The Appalachian Exposition of 1910 was held in Knoxville from September 12 to October 12, 1910. Although large expositions were commonplace at the turn of the century, and county, regional, and state agricultural fairs predated this Knoxville convention, the Appalachian Exposition of 1910 was the first one held in the southern Appalachian region. The intention of the fair was to demonstrate progress in southern industry and commerce. The midway of the exposition hosted attractions ranging from "Muhall's Wild West Show" to "The Infant Incubator." Aeroplanes at the fair were the first to be seen in East Tennessee. Former president Theodore Roosevelt visited the fair and praised the promise of the fair and of the region. Moderate staining to mounts but photos are in overall very good condition. A superior set, perfect for display. (VG-). $565.
28335. [negative] Boston Harbor “Bug” Lighthouse. c.1900. Unusual negative featuring a close, clear view of of the fine Victorian screw-pile lighthouse located near Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. On the walkway can be seen the a family posing for the photographer. The negative is large 4” x 2 ½” and would provide a large clear print. A good, clear image. (VG+). $22 net.
23446a, b, c. (lot 3 mounted photos). U.S. Lightship No 94 Frying Pan Shoals c.1911. Wonderful set of three rare mounted photos show Lightship No. 94 as she travels via canals to her first station on the East Coast. In 1911, a 135'9" lightship, No. 94 was built in Muskegon, Michigan, by the Racine-Truscott-Shell Lake Boat Co. That same year the vessel sailed from Lake Michigan to Montreal...and then presumably to her first station at Frying Pan Shoal, North Carolina where she served from 1911 to 1930. When she was constructed she was considered by the Lighthouse Service to be the “most highly developed” lightship in the fleet. Photos are clear and crisp and measure 2 ½” x 4 ¼” on 4” x 6” mounts. Views include a fine bow view of the Lightship coming through one of the canals, a closeup of the forward portion of the vessel and a closeup of the open bridge with officer and others on board. Fine clear, close views. (VG+). $188.
28326. [glass projection slides] Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse, Nubble Lighthouse, Halfway Rock Lighthouse. c.1900. Unusual set of three b/w glass projection slides featuring three New England lighthouse views. The glass slides are large 3 ¼” x 4” and would provide a large clear view. Fine, clear images, just a bit distant. Set of 3. (VG). $74 net.
28244. (mounted photo) U.S. Life Saving Service in Parade c.1910. Fine clear, close image measures 3 ½” x 4 ½” and is on original 5 ½” x 6 ½” gray mount and shows the life saving crew riding in their horse-drawn surfboat with carriage in a local parade. Unable to determine the location but believe that it might be Cape Cod. Unusually clear, close, only light soiling. A great view. (VG+). $88.
28236. (photo negatives) U.S. Coast Guard Station, North Beach, Assategue Island, Md. c.1940’s. Two large format 2 ¾” x 4 ½” negatives provide clear, close views of the 1882-Type station at North Beach. Will print well, great views. (VG+). $38.
Woodbury ship photo courtesy Coast Guard Historian's web site - not included. 28224. (mounted photo) Seaman, U.S. Revenue Cutter Woodbury c.1911. The image measures 4” x 5 ½ ” and is on original 6” x 9” mount. Marked in pencil “Deming ‘11”. Visible on his hat is “U.S.R.C. Woodbury. The Coast Guard Historian web site notes that the “Woodbury, formerly Mahoning (her name was changed in 1873), was a 130-foot, 350-ton steamer rigged as a topsail schooner. She entered service in 1863 and served until 1915, a span of 52 years! She served during the Spanish-American War, and later rendered assistance to the British schooner Effie May in 1905, for which she and her crew received the thanks of the Canadian Government, enforced neutrality laws in 1914, and sailed on winter cruises along the northeast coast. She was sold in 1915 to Thomas Butler and Company of Boston for $4,286. Unusually clear, close and quite clean, a superb view. (VG+). $112.
28122. [15 glass slide set] The
Life-Savers of Cape Cod. c.1902. In 1902 Dalton wrote probably the
finest and most complete history of the Life-Saving Service and its 13 stations
on the outer reaches of
28225. (cabinet photo)
2619c. (stereoview) The
Southwest Ledge - Ship John Shoal lighthouse, 1876
28228. (framed photograph) Coast Guard Keeper Ralph Banks Tending the Light, Marshall Point Lighthouse, Maine. December 20, 1957. To help mariners entering Port Clyde's harbor or passing to the west into Muscongus Bay, Congress appropriated $4000 for a light station at Marshall Point in March 1831, replaced in 1857 with the present 31-foot brick and granite light tower. Coast Guardsman Ralph Banks was assigned to this station as keeper from 1952 to 1963. This close clear photograph was taken in 1957, showing Banks cleaning the prisms of the fifth-order Fresnel lens. When the light was automated in 1971, the Fresnel lens was removed and replaced by a modern plastic lens equipped with backup battery power. Photograph made some years ago from the original negative measures 8” x 10” and has been professionally matted and framed. A fine display piece. (F). $225.
2608. (large panoramic photo) U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Beal CG-9 (1912-1934) c.1926. Large panoramic photo shows the cutter moored at Boston on November 17, 1926. Photo by J. C. Crosby. Naval Photographer, Boston. Sepia photo measures a full 10” by 24” and shows a close view from the port side as a few crew members on board stand watching. USS Beale, a 742-ton Paulding class destroyer built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in late August 1912. She served with the Atlantic Fleet during the next three years, with participation in the 1914 occupation of Vera Cruz providing a break from routine training and exercises. In early 1916 Beale began neutrality patrols along the East Coast and continued operations in that area after the United States entered World War I in April 1917. Beale crossed the Atlantic to the European war zone early in 1918. Based at Queenstown, Ireland, she was assigned to anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort duties for the rest of the conflict. Returning to the U.S. in late 1918, she served in Atlantic Coast waters until decommissioned in October 1919. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard in 1924. As USCGC Beale (CG-9), the destroyer helped enforce prohibition laws until October 1930, when she was returned to the Navy and placed in reserve at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. USS Beale was stricken from the register of U.S. Naval vessels in July 1934 and scrapped later in that year. USS Beale was named in honor of Brigadier General Edward F. Beale, U.S. Volunteers, (1822-1893), who, as a U.S. Navy Midshipman, played an important role in the war with Mexico. Photo is as originally rolled, with a few cracks to the emulsion due to the rolling, but would still be striking matted and framed. Extremely rare to find these large early portrait photos of cutters. (G+). 174. 27338.
(cabinet photo) Brenton Point Life Saving Station and
Crew c.1890 by Child & Co., Newport, Rhode Island. Superb large,
close view of the 1884 Deal-type life-saving station located on Prices neck in
Newport. The station was designed by Paul J. Pelz and was a bit fancier than
most stations, to fit in with the architecture of the area. The photo measures 6
½” x 8 ½” and includes the crew in their life-jackets posing in their
positions around the surfboat. Photographer’s label "Child & Co,
Artists in Photography, New York And Newport.
Narragansett Pier Life Saving Station Crew c.1880 - 1900. 27445.
(cabinet photo) First U. S. Life Saving Crew,
Narragansett Pier station, Rhode Island c. 1873. Extremely rare,
early close image of the first U. S. Life Saving Crew posing at the Narragansett
Pier station. Dated December 1, 1873, the photo shows the seven members of the
crew posed with their early style beach apparatus cart. The men in the photo are
the first crew at Narragansett Pier station. The station was located about a
mile from the later second station (the current Coast Guard House restaurant).
The crew are identified on the back as Benjamin Macomber (Captain), Daniel R.
Billington, Horace Briggs, Perry Ralph, Thomas Sennet, Joshua F. Clarke, and
William C Chappell. The station was located on the town beach near the present
day Dunes Club. The station was of wood and masonry construction, completed in
1873. On the landing over the boat room can be seen the boots and rubber gear of
the crew drying. Behind the crew in the boatroom can be seen a large lifeboat.
It is speculated it might have been the RNLI Liverpool lifeboat sent from
England, which was transported to Narragansett Station by the U. S. Revenue
Cutter Lincoln for evaluation by the newly formed Life Saving Service.
Unfortunately the boat was too big for the small American crew to pull across an
open beach and was found to be unsuitable for general use. It found later
success, however, in the 27343a,b,c,d.
(set 4 photos) Narragansett, RI. Life Saving crew at
drill on the town beach in 1907. These pictures were obtained years
ago from Surfman Howard Browning who participated in the drill. Photos measure 3
½” square and are generally clear and show good detail, though contrast could
be better. Three photos show the men at drill, the fourth shows the Narragansett
Pier station, the only stone station in the Life Saving Service. It was designed
to blend in with the summer "cottages" and the Narragansett Casino and
Towers. Both the station and towers survive today. (VG-). $175 lot.
27379.
(mounted photo) William Tucker (surfman #2) and Captain
Albert Church inside the Narragansett Pier Life Saving Station in 1899.
Note the clarity of the photo, amazing for an interior shot. Extremely rare view
includes the men standing by the station surfboat and beach apparatus cart, with
the Francis Metallic Lifecar hanging from the ceiling. It's mounted on white
cardboard backing that is in excellent shape with no stains, cracks or bent
corners. The image measures 6 ¾” X 4 ½”, the backing measures 7 ¼” X 5
½”. $450.
27341.
Watch Hill R I Life Saving Station c.1900.
Photo measures 4 ½” x 6 ¾” and is mounted on gray mount (5 ½” x 7
¼”). It depicts Watch Hill R I Life Saving Station c.1900. Moderate staining
and foxing, still clear and close. (G) $135. 27340
Watch Hill Life Saving Crew c.1900. Photo
measures 4” x 3 ¼” on gray mount (5” x 6”) depicting
the crew at Watch Hill in 1900. The man in the center is the 3rd district
superintendent. Photo edges damaged, two corners missing, mount folded. (G-).
$88.
27380.
(mounted photo) Narragansett Pier Life Saving Crew
posing c.1900. Clear close photo shows Captain Albert Church posing
with his crew outside against the "flat" side of the station (this one
of a kind stone built station was almost round with one wall being straight).
Keeper Church is man in center. Image is 4 ¼” x 3 ¼” and mounted on gray
mat measuring 6 ¼” x 5 ¼” . Clean, crisp, near fine view. (VG+). $285 27381.
(mounted photo) Narragansett Pier Life Saving Crew
posing in the station eating area. c.1904. Clear close photo dated
April 1904 shows Captain Albert Church posing with his crew seated inside the
station. Keeper Church is man in center with the double breasted uniform jacket.
Behind the crew can be seen the early Life Saving Service clock on the wall.
Image measures 3 ¼” x 5 ½” on 5” x 7 ½” black mat. Extremely rare to
find such interior views. Clean, crisp, near fine view. (VG+). $325 27382.
(mounted photo) Narragansett Pier Life Saving Crew
posing with beach apparatus cart. c.1902. Clear close photo dated
1902 shows the station crew posing in the street pulling the beach apparatus
cart. Image measures 3 ¾” x 5” on 5 ¼” x 6 ½” white mat. Clear, light
soiling, a nice close view. (VG). $285 Additional Narragansett Life Saving Service views available.
27395. (copy photo) U. S. Life Saving Station, Cape May Point, New Jersey c.1957. Large 8” x 10” b/w photo shows the Duluth-type life-saving station on the southern tip of New Jersey not long before she was would be washed into the sea. The station was built in 1896 and served well into the Coast Guard era. View is dated August 25, 1957 and provides a close, clear view of the deteriorating structure as the sea laps against one foundation wall. (F). $38.
27369. [glass plate negative] Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse, Cohasset, Mass. c.1900. Superb 5” x 7” glass plate negative provides a great close view of the tall masonry lighthouse on Minot’s Ledge near the entrance to Boston Harbor. In 1855 work began on this famous granite structure to replace the iron pile structure that was destroyed in the great gale of 1851. The lantern and second-order Fresnel lens were put into place, and the lighthouse was illuminated on November 15, 1860 and the structure has lasted through countless storms since. . Because of the large size of the negative, this is an extremely detailed piece. Excellent early view is exceptionally clear and crisp and should print well. (VG). $138.
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