Light Houses Galore

There are seven lighthouses that light the way up the Hudson River to Albany. Many of these are famous lighthouses of significance, none more well known than the statue of Liberty and the famous Little Red Lighthouse underneath the George Washington Bridge...

This photo is printed from a copy negative and is in mint condition, 8X10 black and white photograph found in the archives of a private collection. Over the past 35 years this private collection was assembled from copy negatives or original negatives obtained from many state historical societies, National Archives, Library Of Congress, and various private sources...

. Photo 1846 July 30, to New York from Raritan River 1846. Reprint is 18 in. x 16 in. on archival quality photo paper.

WATER AND ICE is both an exciting, newly-discovered sea story, and a detailed reference book that belongs in the book-collection of anyone interested in maritime or immigration history.Arthur Mattson’s original research into the maritime history of Long Island and the Port of New York in the 1830s tells of:• Two dramatic shipwrecks and rescue attempts on the South Shore of Long Island...

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