Linda’s Monthly Monday Mornings Moaning’s for July 3, 20023
The postcards have been secured, the research and writing has been finished, the editing has been done and on Monday July 24, 2023, the latest Arcadia Publishing, Postcard History Series Book, the ‘Lighthouses of the North Atlantic Coast’ will see the light of day. This will be a second of four books on the lighthouses through out the United States in vintage postcards. Using vintage cards, the book will show the lighthouses how they looked when they were maritime’s greatest saviors at their most important time.
During the time frame when the United States Coast Guard took over the care and supervision of the lighthouses, and the light keepers were found to be an unnecessary feature, the stations did start to changed. Many of the buildings and keepers dwellings, were found to be unnecessary, and a costly part of the lights that would be much better demolished as cost saving was needed.
But thankfully, many of the light stations were take in task by societies, historical commissions, and many of the towns were the lights resided, in order to save these historical treasures from being dismantled any more than was needed. These postcards captured these lights at their best.
As much as I have always loved to visit the lights and photograph them, I soon found that the vintage postcards with their original vision of the lights became more important to save. Most taken as early as 1900-1910. So now the task to get the books into the museums, historical societies, and bookstores where these lighthouses reside. And I always have Amazon to thank for their support.
On that ‘wee note’ till next month, Monday August 7, 2023, also National Lighthouse Day!
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