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Shelia'S Collectibles
Panoramic Lighthouses
Series 3 & 4
PLH10P Key West Light Key West, FL Artist Proof Piece, signed & Number 43 or 49/130; length = 4-1/4, height = 6-3/4 inches 1-1/16 inches thick Retired 12/05, Price Information & history on rear of lighthouse: The original Key West Lighthouse was built in 1825. It was destroyed in 1846 by a hurricane that took the lives of the lightkeeper, his children, and many townspeople. Rebuilt in 1847, it was maintained for the next fourteen years by the lightkeeper's widow. The light stands about eighty-five feet tall.

PLH11 Ponce de Leon Light Ponce Inlet, FL length = 3-3/8, height = 8-5/8 inches 1-1/16 inches thick Retired 7/04, Price Information & history on rear of lighthouse: At 175 feet, this brick sentinel has flashed its warning to all who have passed by since 1887.

PLH17 East Chop Lighthouse Martha's Vineyard, MA length = 2-11/16, height = 5-11/16 inches 1-1/16 inches thick Retired 3/04, Price Information & history on rear of lighthouse: In 1869 the East Chop Lighthouse replaced an earlier semaphore signal tower that first used flags of different colors and patterns, then later used telegraph to relay shipping information along the East Coast as early as 1802. Of the five lighthouses on Martha's Vineyard, East Chop is considered the most beautiful.