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Boston Public Library
Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection
Thatcher's Island, Twin Lights, Gloucester, Mass.
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Title:
Thatcher's Island, Twin Lights, Gloucester, Mass.
Description:
Thatcher's Island has the only twin light houses along the Atlantic Coast today. The lights are over 22,000 candle power and under ordinary atmospheric conditions can be seen for 19 miles.
Date:
[ca. 1930–1945]
Format:
Postcards/Cards
Genre:
Postcards
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Tichnor Brothers Collection
Series:
Massachusetts Postcards
Subjects:
Lighthouses
Places:
Massachusetts
>
Essex (county)
>
Thacher Island
(island)
Extent:
1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6d570075k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass.
Notes:
Title from item.
The correct name of the location is Thacher Island and it is located in Rockport, Massachusetts and not Gloucester.
Accession #:
06_10_000614
Identifier:
73112
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