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Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Boston Water Works, Roxbury Standpipe, Fort Avenue, Highland Park, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Water Works, Roxbury Standpipe, Fort Avenue, Highland Park, Bos...

Significance: The annexation of Roxbury to Boston on January 6, 1868, rendered a high-service water supply system necessary. Previously, Boston had been supplied by a gravity-flow system from the Brookline Res... More

Tenants Harbor Light Station, Southern Island, at entrance to Tenants Harbor, Tenants Harbor, Knox County, ME
Tenants Harbor Light Station, Southern Island, at entrance to Tenants Harbor, Tenants Harbor, Knox County, ME
Faro del Puerto de Guanica, Punta Meseta, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, PR

Faro del Puerto de Guanica, Punta Meseta, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, ...

Significance: The Guanica Light is completely vandalized and in ruins, projected against the hills and dry mountains which form the east entrance to Guanica Harbor; one of the most important, busiest, and best ... More

Faro del Puerto de Guanica, Punta Meseta, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, PR

Faro del Puerto de Guanica, Punta Meseta, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, ...

Significance: The Guanica Light is completely vandalized and in ruins, projected against the hills and dry mountains which form the east entrance to Guanica Harbor; one of the most important, busiest, and best ... More

Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan, Cabezas de San Juan, Las Croabas, Fajardo Municipio, PR

Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan, Cabezas de San Juan, Las Croabas, Faj...

Significance: In 1782, one hundred years before the final construction of Cabo San Juan Lighthouse, Fray Inigo Abbad y Lasierra, who wrote the first formal history of Puerto Rico stated that: "The mountain peak... More

Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan, Cabezas de San Juan, Las Croabas, Fajardo Municipio, PR

Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan, Cabezas de San Juan, Las Croabas, Faj...

Significance: In 1782, one hundred years before the final construction of Cabo San Juan Lighthouse, Fray Inigo Abbad y Lasierra, who wrote the first formal history of Puerto Rico stated that: "The mountain peak... More

Michigan City Lighthouse, Washington Park, Michigan City, La Porte County, IN

Michigan City Lighthouse, Washington Park, Michigan City, La Porte Cou...

Significance: The building served as a navigation lighthouse for shipping on the southern shore of Lake Michigan. It served in this capacity from 1858 until 1934 when a new facility replaced it. Survey number... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28408, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28408, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-H Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28417, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28417, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-G Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, Hudson River, Athens, Greene County, NY

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, Hudson River, Athens, Greene County, NY

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: It was completed in 1874, and is one of 7 lighthouses built along the Hudson River by the Coast Guard to aid navigation. This Second-Empire buildi... More

U. S. Lighthouse Reservation, Quarters & Lighthouse, South Manitou Island, Glen Arbor, Leelanau County, MI

U. S. Lighthouse Reservation, Quarters & Lighthouse, South Manitou Isl...

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

U. S. Lighthouse Reservation, Quarters & Lighthouse, South Manitou Island, Glen Arbor, Leelanau County, MI

U. S. Lighthouse Reservation, Quarters & Lighthouse, South Manitou Isl...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presque Isle Light Station, Off SR 405, At North end Grand Lake Road, Presque Isle, Presque Isle County, MI

Presque Isle Light Station, Off SR 405, At North end Grand Lake Road, ...

Significance: The significance of the Presque Isle Light Station stems from two sources. First, it played a role in the expansion of shipping and passenger travel on the Great Lakes and the subsequent developm... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28407, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28407, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-E Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Base Operations Building, Idaho at Alabama Avenue, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Base Operations Building, Idaho at Alabama...

Significance: During the Cold War, Building 2712 housed the base operations center and was used for monitoring and overseeing all flight operations. In addition, the building housed weather observation and admi... More

Cape Flattery - light house on Tatoosh Island, 1st order fixed light, 162 feet above sea level / illustrated by Edw. J. Muybridge.

Cape Flattery - light house on Tatoosh Island, 1st order fixed light, ...

No. 1074. Part of series: Photographic illustrations of the Pacific Coast.

Faro de Punta de Las Figuras, Punta de las Figuras, Las Palmas, Arroyo Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta de Las Figuras, Punta de las Figuras, Las Palmas, Arroyo...

Significance: The Punta Figuras Light was built as a local light to aid navigation into Arroyo and Patillas Ports in 1893. Originally it was a 5th order light, one of only two built, and showed a fixed white l... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28401, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28401, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-A Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28401, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28401, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-A Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

Green's Ledge Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Green's Ledge Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, Norwalk, Fairfield County...

Significance: Green's Ledge Lighthouse, built 1902, is significant as an example of a pre-fabricated, conical, cast-iron light tower built on a cylindrical cast-iron and concrete foundation. That design was de... More

Liston Range Rear Light, County Road 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE

Liston Range Rear Light, County Road 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle Cou...

Significance: The Liston Range Rear Light merits attention for two reasons. First, it is a river range light a type virtually ignored in the historical literature on lighthouses. Secondly, it is a wrought i... More

Light house and buoys / Centennial Photographic Co., Philadelphiad'a.

Light house and buoys / Centennial Photographic Co., Philadelphiad'a.

Stereograph shows display of a light house and buoys at the 1876 International Exhibition, Philadelphia. 4529H U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by The Centennial Photographic Co., Phila., Pa. U.S. Govt: B.

Lighthouse, Point Pinos, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Lighthouse, Point Pinos, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1264 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28419, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28419, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-R Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28419, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28419, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-R Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE

Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluenc...

Significance: Mispillion Lighthouse is the sole surviving wood-frame lighthouse in Delaware and is one of only three Delaware Bay lighthouses still standing on Delaware soil. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE

Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluenc...

Significance: Mispillion Lighthouse is the sole surviving wood-frame lighthouse in Delaware and is one of only three Delaware Bay lighthouses still standing on Delaware soil. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28406, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28406, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-P Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Keeper's Quarters, Marron Ridge of Ham's Bluff, North Star, St. Croix, VI

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Keeper's Quarters, Marron Ridge of Ham's Bluff...

Significance: The significance of the two auxiliary buildings is their association with the Ham's Bluff Lighthouse. The Lighthouse was put into operation in 1913 by the Danish government in response to the bui... More

Sand Island Light Station, Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters, Bayfield, Bayfield County, WI

Sand Island Light Station, Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters, Bayfield, B...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N44 Survey number: HABS WI-313-A

Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Fort Hancock, Fort Hancock, Monmouth County, NJ

Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Fort Hancock, Fort Hancock, Monmouth County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-263 Survey number: HABS NJ-326 Building/structure dates: 1764 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000468

Cape Spencer Lighthouse, Lighthouse

Cape Spencer Lighthouse, Lighthouse

Survey number: HAER AK-24-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More

Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Ingalls Road, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Ingalls Road, Hampton, Hamp...

Survey number: HABS VA-595-J National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28404, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28404, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-K Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Plymouth Light, Gurnet Point, Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA

Plymouth Light, Gurnet Point, Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA

Significance: Plymouth Light, built in 1843, is significant as the oldest timber-framed lighthouse in the United States. It is located on the Gurnet, a strategic coastal location that has been the site of fort... More

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort County, SC

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...

Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort County, SC

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...

Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort County, SC

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...

Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More

Faro de Punta Tuna, Punta Tuna, Emajagua, Maunabo Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Tuna, Punta Tuna, Emajagua, Maunabo Municipio, PR

Significance: The Punta Tuna Lighthouse was constructed as a third order lighthouse that showed a white light with a group of two flashes. It served as the most eastern primary light that terminated the Island... More

Faro de Punta Tuna, Punta Tuna, Emajagua, Maunabo Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Tuna, Punta Tuna, Emajagua, Maunabo Municipio, PR

Significance: The Punta Tuna Lighthouse was constructed as a third order lighthouse that showed a white light with a group of two flashes. It served as the most eastern primary light that terminated the Island... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-B Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-B Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-B Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-B Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28501, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-B Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Point Wilson Light Station, Harbor Defense Way, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, WA

Point Wilson Light Station, Harbor Defense Way, Port Townsend, Jeffers...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Duluth Ship Canal, South Pier, North end of Minnesota Point & Canal Park, Duluth, St. Louis County, MN

Duluth Ship Canal, South Pier, North end of Minnesota Point & Canal Pa...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N515 Survey number: HAER MN-10-B

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28416, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28416, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-C Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, Anne Arundel County, MD

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, A...

Significance: Built in 1856, the Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse was the second screwpile structure built by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The present structure contains some elements of the original cast-iron stru... More

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, Anne Arundel County, MD

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, A...

Significance: Built in 1856, the Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse was the second screwpile structure built by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The present structure contains some elements of the original cast-iron stru... More

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Point Loma Lighthouse No. 355, (moved), San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Point Loma Lighthouse No. 355, (moved), San Diego, San Diego County, C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS CA-41 Building/structure dates: 1854- 1855 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1891 Subsequent Work

Point Loma Lighthouse No. 355, (moved), San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Point Loma Lighthouse No. 355, (moved), San Diego, San Diego County, C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS CA-41 Building/structure dates: 1854- 1855 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1891 Subsequent Work

[Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and the lighthouse on Sandy Hook, New Jersey]

[Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and t...

Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Pu... More

Washington Monument as it stood for 25 years.

Washington Monument as it stood for 25 years.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Craighill's channel range or leading lights, Chesapeake Bay--The high light

Craighill's channel range or leading lights, Chesapeake Bay--The high ...

Below print: Am. Photo-Relief, Printing Co., Phila. Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1873, plate opposite p. 44.

Lighthouse at Montauk Pt.; fishing trawler in foreground

Lighthouse at Montauk Pt.; fishing trawler in foreground

Illus. in: Long Island of Today (1884). Reference copy may be in LOT 4385EO. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fishing; Lighthouses; Ads. Resorts; Hotels; NY Lo... More

[High Lighthouse, Lowestoft, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

[High Lighthouse, Lowestoft, England] view, photochrome print postcard...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10843". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[The lighthouse and cathedral, Marseilles, France]

[The lighthouse and cathedral, Marseilles, France]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[New Harbor and the Lighthouse, Bremerhafen, Hanover (i.e., Hannover), Germany]

[New Harbor and the Lighthouse, Bremerhafen, Hanover (i.e., Hannover),...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "6709". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

Marquette, Mich., Lighthouse Point

Marquette, Mich., Lighthouse Point

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lighthouse, from near golf links, Nassau, Bahamas

Lighthouse, from near golf links, Nassau, Bahamas

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lighthouse The Nubble, York, Maine view, photochrome print postcard.

Lighthouse The Nubble, York, Maine view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: The Nubble, York. Similiar image (LC-D4-13961). Detroit Publishing Co. no. "54021". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More informat... More

Port Isabel, Texas. Abandoned lighthouse

Port Isabel, Texas. Abandoned lighthouse

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Children playing on the roof of the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street

New York, New York. Children playing on the roof of the Lighthouse, an...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Joe Bruno (blind) punching the bag in the gymnasium at the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street

New York, New York. Joe Bruno (blind) punching the bag in the gymnasiu...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Women knitting at the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street

New York, New York. Women knitting at the Lighthouse, an institution f...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Children playing on the roof of the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street

New York, New York. Children playing on the roof of the Lighthouse, an...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Richard Mahler (5) is the Fire Island School's youngest pupil and lives the farthest away. His father is the lighthouse keeper and, since the lighthouse is about four miles away, school is a long ride by jeep / World Telegram & Sun photo by Roger Higgins.

Richard Mahler (5) is the Fire Island School's youngest pupil and live...

Photograph shows a boy skipping away from his house at Fire Island Lighthouse carrying a book bag and lunch box. NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from news agency caption on item. Stamped date: May 8, 1952. Forms... More

This is home for the Moreland family - Tarrytown Light Station in the Hudson River. Richard and his wife Agnes ...

This is home for the Moreland family - Tarrytown Light Station in the ...

U.S. Coast Guard photograph. Nos. 65-56. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse, Ponce Inlet, Florida

Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse, Ponce Inlet, Florida

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Completed in 1887, the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light Statio... More

Owl's Head Light, at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay, Owl's Head, Maine

Owl's Head Light, at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobs...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The lighthouse was established in 1826. It is operated ... More

Model of the nearby New Dungeness Lighthouse, Sequim, Washington

Model of the nearby New Dungeness Lighthouse, Sequim, Washington

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce on Wash... More

Absecon Lighthouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Absecon Lighthouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey

At 171 feet, the Absecon Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in New Jersey and the third tallest lighthouse in the U.S. Visitors willing to climb 228 steps up the restored lighthouse tower are greeted with a s... More

Sankaty Head Light Station, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Sankaty Head Light Station, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Established: 1850; present tower built: 1850; automated... More

Henlopen Lighthouse replica, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Henlopen Lighthouse replica, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Magic Harbor lighthouse sign, Surfside Beach, South Carolina

Magic Harbor lighthouse sign, Surfside Beach, South Carolina

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

The Cape Neddick lighthouse, known locally and affectionately as the Nubble Light, built in 1879 and still in use in York, Maine. A nubble is a small outcropping of rocks by the sea

The Cape Neddick lighthouse, known locally and affectionately as the N...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Point Reyes, San Francisco, California

Point Reyes, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Point Reyes, the windiest place on the Pacific Coast and second foggiest place on the North American continent. The historic Point Reyes Lighthouse warned... More

Aerial view of the St. Simons Island, Georgia, Lighthouse Museum

Aerial view of the St. Simons Island, Georgia, Lighthouse Museum

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Located near the village and pier, the St. Simons Lighthouse is one of only five surviving light towers in Georgia. An operational nav... More

Old Cape Florida Light House

Old Cape Florida Light House

Photograph showing Old Cape Florida Lighthouse, Key Biscayne, Florida, with palm trees, at end of dirt path, in a state of disrepair. Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress).

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Hav...

Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Hav...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

John Morris House, Lighthouse Road & Morris Avenue, New Haven, New Hav...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28409, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28409, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-L Building/structure dates: 1956 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28409, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28409, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-L Building/structure dates: 1956 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

New London Ledge Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, East of main harbor channel, New London, New London County, CT

New London Ledge Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, East of main harbor ch...

Significance: New London Ledge Lighthouse, built 1906-1909, is a rare example of a turn-of-the-century, water-bound lighthouse with a masonry, domestic design. While most contemporary lighthouses were construc... More

Connecticut--Old Saybrook, Lynde Point lighthouse

Connecticut--Old Saybrook, Lynde Point lighthouse

Wittemann Collection. No. 396. Gift; Mrs. Gladys G. Wittemann; 1958 June 12.

A view of Fort Sumter - Charleston, S.C., from the east

A view of Fort Sumter - Charleston, S.C., from the east

Photograph shows a view of the eastern, or sea face of Fort Sumter after the bombardment with the lighthouse situated on the northeast corner. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: ... More

Hendricks Head Light Station, End of Beach Road, West Southport vicinity, Southport, Lincoln County, ME

Hendricks Head Light Station, End of Beach Road, West Southport vicini...

Survey number: HABS ME-186 Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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