HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR - Repro Cape Mendo Light - Bob Clearwater · The Humboldt Project

Identifier: 01079
Title: HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR - Repro Cape Mendo Light - Bob Clearwater
Postcard Caption (back): HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR ESTABLISHED 1897 LIGHT HOUSE FERNDALE, CALIFORNIA The prisms and lens were hand ground in France, shipped around the Horn and originally placed in operation at Cape Mendocino in 1868. The entire mechanical gear, prisms and lens were moved to the fairgrounds in 1948. The beacon is still operative.
Photographer: Bob Clearwater
Publisher: Bob Clearwater – Eureka
Publisher Location: Eureka-CA
Publisher Number: S-60829
Color: Multicolor
Type: Topographic
Subject: Streetview-Ferndale; Lighthouses
Region: 07 Lower Eel
Location: Ferndale; Humboldt County Fairgrounds
Earliest Known Date: 1959
Last Known Date: 1965
EKD - LKD Notes: LKD per card's postmark
Sent: yes
Sender(s): Liola
Message Date: October 3, 1965
Postmark Date: 1965-10-03
Postmark Location: Eureka
Recipient: Mrs. U.V. Johnson
Destination Location: 803 Highland Ave., Newcastle, PA 16101
Printing Process: Chrome
Manufacturer Location: California
Size (inches): Standard (3.5x5.5)
Item Type: Postcard
Collection: The Humboldt Project
Date: October 3, 1965