Hometowne Collectibles are beautifully detailed, handcrafted wooden depictions cut from a 3/4" wood and screen-printed in full color. On the reverse of this collectible is "Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Soldiers watched for British attacks from Portland Head in 1776. 21 years later, the General Court of Massachusetts provided $750 for the construction of a light there, and the U.S. Government appropriated $1,500 to complete it in 1790; it is the oldest light in Maine. In 1865 the tower stood 82' and held a 2nd order Fresnel lens. On Christmas Eve in 1886, the keeper's family rescued 13 people from the wreck of the 3-masted bark Annie C. Maguire, which unexplainably struck the ledge; crewmembers admitted that the light was plainly visible to them just before the accident. Portland Head Light was automated in 1989, and in 1993, it was deeded to Cape Elizabeth. The U.S. Coast Guard still maintains a beacon and fog signal here." Measures approximately 4" high and 6 1/2" wide.
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