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Remembering Connie Small
Shown here in June of 2004, are Timothy Harrison and Kathleen Finnegan of Lighthouse Digest celebrating the 103rd birthday of Connie Small, who was known as Maine’s “First Lady of Light.” Connie Small, authored the best-selling book The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife and gave over 550 lectures on why it is important to save lighthouse history. Connie Small passed away on January 25, 2005 and was buried next to her husband, Elson, at a small cemetery in Machiasport, Maine. In 2016, a U.S. Lighthouse Service memorial keeper marker was placed at Elson’s grave.
The Keeper’s Car?
This late 1920s or early 1930s photograph shows what may be the lighthouse keeper’s car at Chatham Lighthouse, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The drapes or shades in the lantern are drawn to protect the Fresnel lens from the harmful rays of the sun. If the person who took this photo had dated it, or written other facts on the back of the photo, we might have been able to identify the name of the keeper when this photo was taken. The lantern, shown in this photo, was removed from the tower in 1969 when a new larger lantern was installed to accommodate a rotating aero beacon.
Looking Out to Sea
This original photo from the Keystone Press shows a man looking out to sea through pay binoculars at Maine’s Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. We have no idea what the story was about that accompanied this photo. And, we find it somewhat unusual that there are no other people around. Perhaps this was a staged photo of some type. Maybe it was when pay binoculars were installed at the lighthouse. Perhaps one of our readers will know the answer.
Through the Window
This “unique angle” photograph of North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was taken through the window of the keeper’s house. It was one of our photo contest winners in 1999. (Photo by W. Paul Rosenberry)
Where Are They Now?
Shown here are some of “The Lighthouse Kids” with Sue Reynolds, their teacher and founder of the group, standing on the far left, at New Hampshire’s Isles of Shoals Lighthouse in a photo by Jeremy D’Entremont, believed to have been taken in 2005. The lighthouse, also known as White Island Lighthouse, now celebrating its 200th anniversary since it was first lighted in January of 1821, was saved by the efforts of the Lighthouse Kids. Where are these kids today? We’d love to hear from some of them with their thoughts and memories of what they accomplished so many years ago. Hopefully some of them will email us at Editor@LighthouseDigest.com
This story appeared in the
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