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Heceta Head Lighthouse, Pacific Ocean, Oregon
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Outer Banks, North Carolina
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Bodie Island Lighthouse, Outer Banks, North Carolina. Lamp inside the lens
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Holland Harbor Light, Lake Michigan, Michigan. Also known as Big Red
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Cape St. George Light, Gulf of Mexico, Florida
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A chart exhibiting the light houses and light vessels on the coast of the United States of America : from Maine to Virginia inclusive, 1848. Geography & Map Division
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A chart exhibiting the lighthouses of the lake coast of the United States of America. Great Lakes, 1848. Geography & Map Division
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Cape Lookout Lighthouse, Outer Banks, North Carolina
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Portland Head Light, Casco Bay, Maine
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West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Lubec, Maine
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Fire Island Lighthouse, Atlantic Ocean, New York
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Barnegat Lighthouse, Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey
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Lynde Point Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, Connecticut
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Biloxi Light, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi
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Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego Bay, California
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Minot"s Ledge Light, Cohasset Harbor, Massachusetts
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Isles of Shoals Light, Atlantic Ocean, New Hampshire
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Erie Land Light, Lake Erie, Pennsylvania. Also known as Old Presque Isle Light
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Point Iroquois Lighthouse, Lake Superior, Michigan
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Rose Island Lighthouse, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
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Au Sable Light Station, Lake Superior, Michigan
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Point Fermin Light, San Pedro Bay, California
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Spiral staircase at Thirty Mile Point Light, Lake Ontario, New York
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Light house and buoys, on display at the International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876
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Stepping Stones Light, Long Island Sound, New York
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Fowey Rocks Light, Key Biscayne, Florida
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Cape Neddick Light, Nubble Island, Maine
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Edgartown Harbor Light, Martha"s Vineyard, Massachusetts
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Cape Henry lighthouses, Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Robbins Reef Light, Bayonne, New Jersey
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Middle Bay Light, Mobile Bay, Alabama
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"Outward Bound," 1886
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"The Lighthouse by the Sea," Sheet music cover, 1886. Music Division
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Little Red Lighthouse, under the George Washington Bridge, New York City
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Fort Point Light Station, Penobscot Bay, Maine. Fog bell
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Mona Island Light, Puerto Rico
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Devils Island Light, Lake Superior, Wisconsin
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Sabine Bank Light, Gulf of Mexico, Texas. Lantern, on display in a museum park
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The Mukilteo Light, Possession Sound, Washington
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Moloka"i Light, Hawaii
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Split Rock Lighthouse, Lake Superior, Minnesota. Fresnel lens in lantern
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Split Rock Lighthouse, Lake Superior, Minnesota
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"Harbor Entrance and Lights, Buffalo, N.Y."
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Point Vicente Light, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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Tree Point Light, Revillagigedo Channel, Alaska
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Frank Schubert polishes the station"s lens once a week
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Harbour Town Lighthouse, Hilton Head, South Carolina
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Lighthouse, Lackland Road Putt-Putt miniature golf course, Fort Worth, Texas
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Lighthouse, Mulligan"s miniature Golf and Games, Ogden, Utah
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A decorative lighthouse, Falls Park pond, Pendleton, Indiana
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