Today I want to share a research memo on Henry Berry, an African American waterman who was a keeper of the Lower Cape Fear River Lights from 1885 to 1920. The memo's author is Debbie Mollycheck, an attorney with an expertise in-- and a family connection to-- the history of the U.S. Lighthouse Service’s Sixth District.
U.S. Lighthouse Service
Range Lights, Buoy Depots, and Gas Works: Photographs from the National Archives at College Park
Today I would like to share a collection of historical photographs from the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. They were taken by inspectors and other personnel of the United States Lighthouse Board (1852-1910) and its successor agency, the United States Lighthouse Service (1910-1939), in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
David Cecelski 