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The Funck-Heap lamp, introduced in 1892, became the standard lamp used with every 4th order Fresnel Lens in America. A Lamp such as this one probably provided the light source for the Fresnel lens on display in the center of this room before it was…

The candlestick telephone was common in use from the late 1890's to the 1940's. The telephone features a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted at the top of the stand and a receiver (earphone) that was held to the ear by the user during a call. When the…

A Keeper's Wife not only took care of the family needs, she tended the gardens and livestock, cooked for the various working men and visitors, nursed the occasional survivors of shipwrecks and scrubbed the quarters clean at all times for surprise…

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse
Jamestown series 1980
Fran Gorman ink

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse
Photo by Violet Hayward - ca 1930s

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse
Aerial photo - Jerry Taylor, Newport, RI

Notecard with writing Beavertail Lighthouse
June L Webb ca 1970s

Notecard Beavertail Lighthouse
A H 1975

Notecard Beavertail Lighthouse
June L Webb 1973