Brick lighthouse tower among palms, black-and-white photograph – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Brick lighthouse tower among palms, black-and-white photograph
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A brick lighthouse tower rises above a stand of palms in this black-and-white view, a pairing that sets it apart from the rocky headlands and white-painted towers common to the lighthouse subject. The palms place the station in a warm coastal setting, where a tall, plain masonry tower would have served as a daymark for ships working in shallow waters and along busy shipping lanes. Lighthouses of this kind were built to be seen from a distance, and their brick construction often reflected local materials and the cost of shipping stone. Photographs like this one record how such structures settled into their landscapes, and the contrast of tone in the image makes the tower's texture and the fronds stand out clearly.
| Original scan | 5,083 × 6,214 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif09052_CapeFloridaLighthouseKeyBiscay |
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