Coast Guard Lighthouse Keeper Chief Boatswain’s Mate Elson Small tends to the chores in St. Croix River Light, Red Beach, Maine, in the mid-1940s. This and other photos are available as prints through the Naval Institute Photo Archive. You may order online [3] , place orders or leave messages 24 hours a day at 1-800-233-8764, or contact jjorgensen@usni.org [4] .

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