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English: WOMAN LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER SERVES COAST GUARD ON CHESAPEAKE BAY. Polishing the great lens in the Turkey Point, Maryland, Light is a weekly task for Mrs. Fanny [sic] May Salter, the only woman lighthouse keeper in the U.S. Coast Guard service. For 43 years, Mrs. Salter's efforts have been devoted to keeping that Chesapeake Bay Beacon burning. She assisted her husband for 23 years and after his death in 1925 was appointed permanent keeper by the late President Coolidge. Turkey Point Light is high up [the] Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore.
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Source U.S. Coast Guard. http://www.uscg.mil/history/people/salters01.asp
Author Public Information Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington 25, D.C.

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This image or file is a work of a United States Coast Guard service personnel or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105, USCG main privacy policy and specific privacy policy for its imagery server).

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Fannie Salter

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28 May 1945

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current17:24, 4 November 2019Thumbnail for version as of 17:24, 4 November 20192,764 × 2,280 (1.18 MB)TholmeCropped 7 % horizontally, 5 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
19:31, 1 August 2007Thumbnail for version as of 19:31, 1 August 20072,962 × 2,389 (1.24 MB)EpolkMrs. Fanny May Salter, a lighthouse keeper in the U.S. Coast Guard service, polishes the lens of the lens in the Turkey Point Light, Maryland. Source: http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/salters_01.html {{PD-USGov-DHS-CG}} [[Category:People of the United

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