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Portland Head Lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.
Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington, and was completed on January 10, 1791. Whale oil lamps were originally used for illumination.
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Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).
Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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