Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine) – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine) comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine)
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Men fish from the rocks below the tower in this view of Owls Head Light, which sits on a rocky headland at the mouth of Penobscot Bay near Rockland, Maine. The light was first lit in the 1820s to guide ships past the dangerous ledges along this coast, and by 1870 it was a familiar landmark for coastal traders and fishermen. The Obpacher Brothers produced views like this one, which may have been issued as a postcard, so the image also shows how popular lighthouse scenes had become for travelers and collectors.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Obpacher Brothers. |
| Subjects | Print, possibly a postcard, showing a lighthouse on the cliff above men fishing from the rocky coast at Owls Head, Maine. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,512 × 2,396 px · prints to 12 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 17 |
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