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Photo 1 | Download Hi-Res .jpg (ZIP) | Michigan's last Lady of the Light, Frances Wuori Johnson, was also the only one to serve during the Coast Guard era. Photo courtesy of Frances Marshall.

Photo 2 | Download Hi-Res .jpg (ZIP) | After a long night of maintaining the Mission Point light, Sarah Lane would entertain visitors up to the tip of the peninsula—as many as a thousand per season. Photo courtesy of the Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society.

Photo 3 | Download Hi-Res .jpg (ZIP) | When Julia Sheridan—assistant keeper at South Manitou Island—drowned in the icy waters of Lake Michigan, she left behind five children under the age of twelve. Photo courtesy of Jack Sheridan.

Photo 4 | Download Hi-Res .jpg (ZIP) | Captured in a lighthearted moment of dress-up on Grassy Island, Edna Campbell was a strong and steady helpmate to her keeper-husband, John. Photo courtesy of Richard Campbell.

Photo 5 | Download Hi-Res .jpg (ZIP) | Maebelle Mason—daughter of Mamajuda light keeper Orlo Mason—proudly sported the life-saving medals she earned on the Detroit River. Photo courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan/From the book History of the Great Lakes Volume II.

Photo 6 | Download Hi-Res .jpg (ZIP) | Frances Wuori Johnson stumped the panel of television's "What's My Line?" in 1953 when they couldn't guess her unique profession. Photo courtesy of Frances Marshall.