This is the US Life Saving Station at Hatteras Inlet. Captain James Howard, the first keeper (he served from 1883-1903) is on the right. His family is on the left. The station washed away in the mid 1950s. Today, all that is left are a few pilings on the ocean beach at the north end of Ocracoke Island. You can see them from the Hatteras ferry.
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Our latest Ocracoke Newsletter is a list of traditional island remedies. You can read it here: http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news032111.htm.
Wow. Is that what those pilings are? I wondered. Amazing how the vegetation has changed. Now all sand there and a very desolate place in a way, but lovely. Interesting how over time the wind and sea has changed the contour of the island.
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Great photo! It's always fun to see vintage fashions, too. The photo is a little fuzzy, but are the females in the photo wearing vintage bathing suits? Just wondered....
ReplyDeleteThe photo is fuzzy! I think they might be bathing suits.
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