Federal lighthouse service in Hawaii. Diamond Head Lighthouse, Honolulu, Hawaii – Historic Reproduction
(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 rare historic photograph captures Federal lighthouse service in Hawaii. Diamond Head Lighthouse, Honolulu, Hawaii in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Federal lighthouse service in Hawaii. Diamond Head Lighthouse, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Diamond Head Lighthouse stands at the foot of the volcanic crater that gives Honolulu one of its best-known landmarks, guarding the sea approach to the harbor from the island's southeast shore. Built in the late 1910s, the light was run by the federal lighthouse service, which maintained aids to navigation across the Pacific territories. This print, dated between 1930 and 1940, shows the station during the years when such coastal lights were still key to shipping traffic. It is a useful record of how the federal service presented its outposts in Hawaii before the Coast Guard took over the lighthouse system.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [between 1930 and 1940] |
| Subjects | Lighthouses--Hawaii--Oahu--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,139 × 5,442 px · prints to 14 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09104_FederallighthouseserviceinHawa |
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