Bergen Point light-house, New Jersey / A.T. Sears, sc. – Vintage Print
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This historic image of Bergen Point light-house, New Jersey / A.T. Sears, sc. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Bergen Point light-house, New Jersey / A.T. Sears, sc.
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Bergen Point, on the New Jersey side of the approach to New York Harbor, is the setting for this engraving, which A.T. Sears prepared for the March 1874 issue of *Harper's New Monthly Magazine* (volume 48, page 466). The lighthouse stood where ships entered the narrow waters that lead toward Newark Bay and the Kill van Kull, one of the busiest shipping routes on the East Coast. Harper's regularly paired engravings like this one with travel and descriptive articles, so the picture would have given magazine readers a view of a working coastal landmark. Look at how the tower and keeper's buildings sit against the open water, a reminder of how much of 19th-century navigation depended on such fixed lights.
| Created / published | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Illus. in: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, v. 48, no. 286 (1874 March), p. 466. |
| Original scan | 2,357 × 3,081 px · prints to 8 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09375_BergenPointlighthouseNewJersey |
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