Digest>May/Jun 2011
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Lighthouse keeper Albert Staples with his wife Emily, circa late 1930s. Staples died on July 28, 1958 as a result of injuries sustained when his boat caught fire. (Photograph courtesy of Elaine Jones of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, Burnt Island Lighthouse.) Back to the edition of: May/Jun 2011
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Vintage Magazine Story Reclaims History
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