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Signal flags, Portland Observatory, ca. 1810

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Signal flags, Portland Observatory, ca. 1810
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Six signal flags for shipowners used at the Portland Observatory. The Observatory on Munjoy Hill raised the appropriate flag to communicate the arrival of ships in Portland Harbor.

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