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Historical Items

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Item 10847

U.S. Life-Saving Station, Wallis Sands, New Hampshire, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Rye Media: Lantern slide

Item 66295

Fletcher's Neck Life Saving Station, Biddeford, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Biddeford Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 26671

Carrying Place Cove, Life Saving Station, Lubec, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Lubec Media: Image on postcard

Online Exhibits

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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

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Friends of Wood Island Light

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1874 • Due to increasing ship traffic Quoddy Head Lifesaving Station constructed at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West Quoddy Head • Last…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Shipwrecks led to the construction of a lifesaving station at Carrying Place Cove in 1874. A log kept by the light keeper at West Quoddy Head…"