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| Description: | Eastern Point Lighthouse at "Mother Ann" and residence on rocky point, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mother Ann is a rocky cliff at the far south end of Easte... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Cedar Point Pier. Pedestrians, automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground. |
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| Description: | View across water toward the Crabtree Ledge cast iron lighthouse, established in 1890 and discontinued in 1933. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the Monhegan Island granite lighthouse, built in 1850 and automated in 1959, with the keeper's house close by, which was originally erected in 18... |
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| Description: | View across water toward the Spring Point Lighthouse, established in 1897 and automated in 1934. There is a small boat near the base of the lighthouse, and... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View across rocks toward the Mount Desert Rock granite lighthouse, established in 1830 and automated in 1977, located thirty miles out to sea on a treeless... |
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| Description: | View across rocky ground and grass toward the Northern Lighthouse and the nearby cottage. A covered walkway leads from the house up to the entrance of the ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of the Prudence Island granite lighthouse, established in 1852 and automated in 1972, more commonly known locally as the Sandy Point Lighthouse. The... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View across water toward six men standing on a deck with railings on Peck Ledge Lighthouse in Norwalk Harbor, put into operation in 1906. Caption reads: "P... |
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| Description: | View toward a man standing in front of the Barcelona Lighthouse, believed to be the oldest existing structure of its kind on the Great Lakes. The lighthous... |
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| Description: | A view of the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, constructed in 1822 on a hill just west of the Genesee River, covered in vines. This light was built in 1822 (n... |
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| Description: | View across water toward the Montauk Lighthouse, in Montauk Point State Park, a U.S. Government Reservation on Long Island. Several people are playing on t... |
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| Description: | View toward the Cape May lighthouse and a few nearby buildings. Several people are standing on a platform near the top of the lighthouse. At the base of th... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View along a sandy pathway toward the Amelia Island lighthouse near the keeper's house. Trees line the pathway, and two horses pulling a carriages are on t... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the century-old North Head Lighthouse, completed in 1898, built in response to a marked increase in the number of shipwrecks along the Pen... |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Mayor's summer home as seen from across Pine Lake. Children and adults are standing in front of the two-story dwelling. To th... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline toward a lighthouse and homes standing on Rocky Point. There are several boats anchored at the shore and in the water. |
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| Description: | A rocky coast is populated with homes, hotels, and a lighthouse. |
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| Description: | Barnegat Lighthouse was built in 1854 by the U.S. government. Oil-powered lights were originally installed in 1856 but were replaced by electric lights in ... |
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