Photographs and etchings, 1821-1988.

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Photographs and etchings, 1821-1988.

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Photographs and etchings that depict various aspects of Fire Island. Etchings of the first lighthouse, and etchings and photographs of the present lighthouse, including building plans, lens and pedestal plans, 1830-1988; telegraph station and Western Union tower, 1870-1898; maps, charts, and plans, 1851-1986; and images of lighthouse keepers and their families, storms from the hurricane of 1938 to Hurricane Gloria in 1985, United States Life Saving Service personnel and activities, shipwrecks and rum runners, oystering, fishing, bathing, boating, the beach, and the Surf Hotel, and pictures filed in categories such as ecology, edible plants, wildlife, and dangerous plants and insects.

300 photographs; 400 slides.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6884730

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Western Union Telegraph Company

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...

Surf Hotel (Fire Island, N.Y.)

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Fire Island Lighthouse (N.Y.). Library.

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United States. Life-Saving Service

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