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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 ... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View from water of Devil's Island lighthouse located above sandstone caves and arches in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. Caption reads: "Devil's Isla... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) Hotz, far left, sisters Helen, left, and Alice, sit with Thomas Toft on the rocky shore near the Baileys Harbor lighthouse. A rowb... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View of the Plum Island rear range lighthouse from the end of the pier. The brick house was home to the lighthouse keeper and the first and second assistan... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from water of a man with a beard standing on a pier near a small boathouse. In the background is a lighthouse with keeper's house and outbuilding. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Baileys Harbor Light as seen from the water. The lighthouse, with a tapered cylindrical stone base, birdcage lantern, and copper dome, was deactivated ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The Cana Island lighthouse and keeper's house with the rocky shore in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Cana Island lighthouse is seen in the far distance across the stony shoreline along Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Cana Island Lighthouse and keeper's house as seen across the rocky shoreline. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view from over Moonlight Bay, looking east across Bues Point to Spike Horn Bay and Cana Island. The Cana Island Lighthouse is seen as a ship passes ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View from the shore of Kenosha's North Pier and lighthouse. Waves are breaking on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
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