Eagle Island Light, (4th order), Penobscot Bay, Maine – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Eagle Island Light, (4th order), Penobscot Bay, Maine brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Eagle Island Light, (4th order), Penobscot Bay, Maine
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Eagle Island Light stands on a small island at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, and its fourth-order lens was a smaller Fresnel optic meant for a light that guided coastal and harbor traffic rather than open-ocean ships. The station was a working aid to navigation for the mariners who used the bay's crowded passages, and the island later became known as the summer home of Arctic explorer Robert Peary. This 1884 to 1891 photograph by Joseph John Kirkbride records the station in the years when its keepers tended the lamp by hand each night.
| Created / published | 1884-1891 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Kirkbride, Joseph John, 1842-1899, photographer. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,360 × 4,277 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 51 |
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