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Lighthouse with keeper's house and white picket fence – Antique Print

Lighthouse with keeper's house and white picket fence — historic image
Lighthouse with keeper's house and white picket fence. Historic image from the Lighthouses collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Lighthouse with keeper's house and white picket fence, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Lighthouse with keeper's house and white picket fence

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A keeper's house stands beside the tower here, and the white picket fence that runs past it gives the scene a domestic, almost suburban air at odds with the working light behind it. Lighthouse keepers and their families often lived on site, tending the lamp and maintaining the grounds, so the fence and dwelling show how much of daily life unfolded in the shadow of the beam. Pictures like this one remind viewers that a lighthouse was rarely a lonely tower alone, but the center of a small household whose routines were set by the tides and the lamp.

Original scan4,991 × 3,670 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi
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