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USLHT Side-wheel Lighthouse Tender unknown Early 1900s RPPC USLHS USLHE

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This rare real photo postcard (RPPC) features a USLHS lighthouse tender from the early 1900s. The vessel is a side-wheel tender with an “unknown” designation, making it a unique addition to any collection. The photograph captures the boat in its heyday, with all the intricate details that make these early 20th-century vessels so fascinating to… (read more)

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USLHT Side-wheel Tender Holly Rare Early 1900s Photograph Chesapeake Bay

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This rare photograph captures the USLHS Side-wheel Tender “Holly” early in the 1900s. I can’t see any markings as to the name. Written in pencil on the right side is Holly. Lighthouse pennant on foremast, low forward deck, and foremast rigged as a Derrick lead me to believe this. The image depicts the vessel with… (read more)

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