Gay Head Cliffs and Historic Lighthouse. This is a panoramic view of the multi-colored Gay Head cliffs on Martha's Vineyard and the famous lighthouse (right) whose lens may soon be enshrined in the Museum of Science in Boston. The Gay Head Coast Guard station, whose members have aided in many heroic rescues, is at left. The cliffs are of clay in various shades from red and yellow to black and white. Devil's Bridge reef, scene of one of New England's most tragic shipwrecks, the city of Columbus disaster in which over 100 died in 1884, runs out from shore at left.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1950]

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