Lighthouse beam over a keeper's residence with flagpole – Antique Wall Art
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A window into the past: Lighthouse beam over a keeper's residence with flagpole, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Lighthouse beam over a keeper's residence with flagpole
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The lighthouse tower rises behind a keeper's residence, with a flagpole standing in the yard between them, a layout common at coastal stations where the keeper's family lived within sight of the light they tended. Lighthouses of this kind were working navigation aids, and the keeper's duties ran around the clock: trimming wicks, winding the clockwork that turned the lens, and logging weather and passing vessels. The flagpole was often used to signal to passing ships or to mark holidays and changes of service. The arrangement of tower, dwelling and flag together shows how much of a station's life revolved around the light itself.
| Original scan | 4,592 × 5,660 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif09026_ResidenceandlighthouseatMontau |
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