Thacher's Island lights--south tower / phot. by Hervey Friend, 77 Front St., Gloucester. "Cape Ann Views" – Historic Reproduction
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A window into the past: Thacher's Island lights--south tower / phot. by Hervey Friend, 77 Front St., Gloucester. "Cape Ann Views", preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Thacher's Island lights--south tower / phot. by Hervey Friend, 77 Front St., Gloucester. "Cape Ann Views"
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This view turns to the south tower of the twin lights on Thacher's Island, the pair that guided vessels past the rocky approaches to Cape Ann. The two towers stood close together so that mariners could tell them apart from other lights along the coast, and they were a familiar sight to fishing schooners and coasting vessels working out of Gloucester and Rockport. Photographer Hervey Friend, whose studio was on Front Street in Gloucester, issued the image in 1869 as part of his "Cape Ann Views" series, which documented the harbor towns and their surroundings.
| Created / published | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Friend, Hervey, photographer. |
| Original scan | 4,200 × 2,160 px · prints to 14 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 8 |
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