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A modern color photograph of the 1764 Sandy Hook Lighthouse — a whitewashed octagonal masonry tower on the closed-off military ground at Fort Hancock, with the copper-capped lantern room at the top and the surviving officers' quarters buildings in the middle distance

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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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/.