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White Island Light, Isle of Shoals, N.H., undated

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GUSN

GUSN-187934

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Description

The photograph features the White Island Light and a complex of buildings surrounding the lighthouse. There is a small sailboat being pulled out of the water and a black dog plays in the shallows. A large home with three chimneys and an elaborate brim overlooks the rest of the complex.

Details

Descriptive Terms

lighthouses
shores (landforms)
sailboats
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USNH.0820.0020.001

Places

Isles of Shoals (York county, Maine) [island]

Record Details

Originator

Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Lobster traps

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 34

Description Level

Item

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