Sandy Hook Lighthouse at the decommissioned Fort Hancock, 2017
2017
Sandy Hook Lighthouse, north end of the peninsula
Carol M. Highsmith's photograph of the 1764 Sandy Hook Lighthouse standing on the closed-off military ground at Fort Hancock, 2017. The tower's whitewashed octagonal shaft, the copper lantern room, the guardhouses of the officer's quarters visible in the middle distance. Highsmith dedicated her entire photographic archive to the public domain through the Library of Congress; the image is fetchable without restriction.
Item record
- Title
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse at the decommissioned Fort Hancock, 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Highsmith Archive · 2017 · public domain
- Contributor
- Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress
- Rights
- Public domain (Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress — the photographer dedicated her entire archive to the public)
- Slug
highsmith-sandy-hook-lighthouse-2017
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Cite this item
Sandy Hook Lighthouse at the decommissioned Fort Hancock, 2017 (2017). Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Highsmith Archive · 2017 · public domain The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/highsmith-sandy-hook-lighthouse-2017/.