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A lightship.1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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A bucket with coals or wood on fire.1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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Could these be early forms of lights for mariners?17
Tower freize.1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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Tower freize.1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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A man with a scythe?1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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A flower?1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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We believe these to be of Scottish heritage. Scotland was the source of Newfoundlands early lightstation equipment.22
Tower frieze.1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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A coiled serpent.1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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Noah's arc?1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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A dove?1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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Perhaps these images draw on the Noah's Ark mythology, with the serpent and the egg representing rebirth.27
Tower freize.1843
Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland
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