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Page xi: N. P. Willis, American Scenery, vol. 2 (London: George Virtue, 1840)
Page 1: Courtesy Library of Congress
Page 3: A New Geographical Dictionary, 2 vols. (London: J. Coote, 1759–60)
Page 5: William Henry Davenport Adams, Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870)
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Page 10: © Eric Jay Dolin
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Page 14: Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
Page 20: Courtesy New London County Historical Society, New London, Connecticut
Page 27: © Jeremy D’Entremont
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Page 32: Courtesy National Archives
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Page 46: “DESCRIPTION of the LIGHT-HOUSE at SANDY-HOOK,” New-York Magazine; or, Literary Repository (August 1, 1790)
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Page 65: United States Coast Guard, Aids-to-Navigation Manual (1945)
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Page 69: William Henry Davenport Adams, Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870)
Page 71: Courtesy Library of Congress
Page 72: Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
Page 78: “Along the South Shore,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine (June 1878)
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Page 89: © HistoryMiami, 1985-223-3
Page 92: Leonor Fresnel, Oeurves Complètes D’Augustin Fresnel, vol. I (Paris: Imprimerie Impèrials, 1866)
Page 93: William Henry Davenport Adams, Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870)
Page 94: William Henry Davenport Adams, Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870)
Page 97: Leonor Fresnel, Oeurves Complètes D’Augustin Fresnel, vol. I (Paris: Imprimerie Impèrials, 1870)
Page 98 (top): William Henry Davenport Adams, Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870)
Page 98 (bottom): © Thomas Tag
Page 99: Edmund Atkinson and Arnold W. Reinold, Natural Philosophy for General Readers and Young People (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905)
Page 100: Leonor Fresnel, Oeurves Complètes D’Augustin Fresnel, vol. III (Paris: Imprimerie Impèrials, 1870)
Page 103: Courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum / Art Resource, NY
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Page 138: William Henry Davenport Adams, Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870)
Page 139: Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
Page 141: William Henry Davenport Adams, Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870)
Page 142: Courtesy Evanston History Center, in Evanston, Illinois
Page 143: Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
Page 147: Courtesy Annie Schmidt
Page 149: Charles S. Greene, “Los Farallones de los Frayles,” Overland Monthly (September 1892)
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Page 155: Courtesy of National Archives
Page 157: Courtesy Library of Congress
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Page 168: Courtesy National Archives
Page 175: Courtesy Tybee Island Historical Society
Page 179: Courtesy U.S. Naval Historical Center
Page 183: Courtesy National Archives
Page 186: Private collection
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Page 193: Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
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Page 196: © Jeremy D’Entremont
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Page 198: Courtesy National Archives
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Page 201: © Craig Bruce
Page 202: Courtesy Library of Congress. © Carol M. Highsmith
Page 204: Courtesy National Archives
Page 205: Courtesy Milwaukee County Historical Society and North Point Lighthouse Museum
Page 207: Courtesy Library of Congress. © Martin Stupich
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Page 217 (top): Courtesy National Archives
Page 217 (bottom): Courtesy Library of Congress. © Robert Brewster
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Page 231: Charles S. Greene, “Los Farallones de los Frayles,” Overland Monthly (September 1892)
Page 233: Courtesy National Park Service, Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Page 235: Courtesy James W. Claflin Collection
Page 237: Courtesy Library of Congress
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Page 243 (top): Courtesy Alan Gottlieb, Oldpostcards.com
Page 243 (bottom): Courtesy Maine Lighthouse Museum
Page 244: Courtesy Eric Jay Dolin
Page 246: Courtesy Historic New England. Original photograph by Baldwin Coolidge
Page 247: © Bruce Roberts
Page 251: Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
Page 252: Courtesy Tim Harrison
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Page 264: John Drake Sloat, History of the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Taking Possession of California (Oakland: Carruth & Carruth Printers, 1896)
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Page 270: © Eric Jay Dolin
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Page 274 (top): Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
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Page 278: Courtesy National Archives
Page 289: © Dolly Snow Bicknell
Page 290: Courtesy Jeremy D’Entremont and the Collection of Dolly Snow Bicknell
Page 293: Courtesy Library of Congress
Page 295: “Ida Lewis: The Newport Heroine,” Harper’s Weekly (July 31, 1869)
Page 298: U.S. Coast Guard Art Program
Page 299: “Ida Lewis: The Newport Heroine,” Harper’s Weekly (July 31, 1869)
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Page 316: Courtesy Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM 00168237)
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Page 332: Private Collection Photo / © Christie’s Images / Bridgeman Images
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Page 336: David P. Heap, Ancient and Modern Light-Houses (Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1889)
Page 338: David P. Heap, Ancient and Modern Light-Houses (Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1889)
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Page 355: William Henry Davenport Adams, Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870)
Page 358: Courtesy National Park Service: Statue of Liberty National Monument
Page 367: Courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Page 372: © Jeremy D’Entremont
Page 374 (top): Courtesy Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association
Page 374 (bottom): Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
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Page 378: Courtesy Collection of The New Haven Railroad Historical & Technical Association, Inc.
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Page 381: © Jeremy D’Entremont
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Page 384: Courtesy The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Maryland
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Page 398: © Eric Jay Dolin
Page 399: Courtesy The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Maryland
Page 400: © Bruce Roberts
Page 402: © George Bacon
Page 403: Courtesy Library of Congress. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith
Page 405: © Eric Jay Dolin
Page 408: Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
Page 409: © Nick Korstad
Page 411: Courtesy City of Fernandina Beach, Florida
Page 412: Courtesy National Archives
Page 413: Courtesy National Park Service, Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Page 417: © Brian Tague
Page 420: Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office
Page 421: © Eric Jay Dolin
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1.Courtesy The Collection of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island, gift of Roger King
2.© The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY
3.© The Huntington Art Collections
4.From the Collection of Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Indiana
5.© Jim Patterson
6.© Art Noble
7.© Jeff Stephens, At Lands End Photography, LLC
8.© Michael Blanchette
9.© Tom Gill
10.© Nick Korstad
11.© Jamie Wyeth
12.Courtesy Library of Congress. © Carol M. Highsmith
13.Courtesy National Park Service, Cape Hatteras National Seashore
14.Courtesy Library of Congress. © Carol M. Highsmith
15.Courtesy Library of Congress. © Carol M. Highsmith
16.© Edward Nunez
17.© Michael DiRenzo
18.© Todd Reed of Todd and Brad Reed Photography
19.© Lily Dolin