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| Keywords: Lighthouse, Point Vicente, California LCCN2011630336.tif 1 transparency color ; 4 x 5 in or smaller Notes Before the installation of lighthouses on the Pacific coast many ships and seamen went to their graves on its rocky schoals Shipmasters deplored this dangerous stretch of coastal water On May 1 1926 their petitions were answered when the U S Lighthouse Service began the operation of Point Vicente Lighthouse The 1000 watt bulb focused through a five foot lens could be seen over twenty miles ; Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Gift and purchase; Carol M Highsmith; 2011; DLC/PP-2011 124 ; Digital image produced by Carol M Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images ; Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; Credit line Photographs in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division between 1980 2006 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2011630336 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/12100/12140a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 12140 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 12140 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||