Its Light Warns Passing Motorists--To Fill Their Gas Tanks. Newbedford, Mass... This is something new in the way of lighthouses. Its stands at one of the main intersections of the famous whaling city of New Bedford and its light is not used for warning vessels but to attract motorists whose gas tanks are getting low. it is modeled after the old butler's flat lighthouse in New Bedford harbor.
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- Title:
- Its Light Warns Passing Motorists--To Fill Their Gas Tanks. Newbedford, Mass... This is something new in the way of lighthouses. Its stands at one of the main intersections of the famous whaling city of New Bedford and its light is not used for warning vessels but to attract motorists whose gas tanks are getting low. it is modeled after the old butler's flat lighthouse in New Bedford harbor.
- Description:
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[Information from item housing] Lighthouses: Massachusetts
- Photographer:
- International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
- Name on Item:
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International News Photos, Inc.
- Date:
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[ca. March 1930]
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Photographic prints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
- Subjects:
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Lighthouses
- Places:
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Massachusetts
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : print ; sheet 258 x 204 mm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/st74h139q
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