Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine) – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine). Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine)
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Owls Head Light, on the rocky headland at the mouth of Penobscot Bay near Rockland, Maine, is the subject here, and this small color lithograph from about 1870 shows the tower and keeper's buildings set against the shoreline. The record notes that the location was inscribed in red ink, a practical touch that suggests the print was meant to identify a specific coastal landmark for viewers. Lighthouses like this one guided the mackerel and lobster fleets that worked these waters, and the subject tags for fishing and coastline point to the working life that depended on the light.
| Created / published | ca. 1870. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color ; 12 x 17 cm. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1860-1880. |
| Notes | Location inscribed in red ink. DLC Title from item. |
| Subjects | Owls Head (Me.). Rockland (Me.). Lighthouses--Maine--Owls Head--1860-1880. Fishing--Maine--Owls Head--1860-1880. Coastlines--Maine--Owls Head--1860-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,048 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118805 |
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