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Title |
Pigeon Point Jacket |
Object Name |
Windbreaker |
Description |
Pigeon Point Jacket. Large nylon navy blue windbreaker with navy blue snap buttons down the front, two hand pockets, adjustable strings, and a white cotton lining. On the front, left chest is a white illustration of a lighthouse surrounded by a large gold laurel wreath; "PIGEON POINT / LIGHT STATION / STATE HISTORIC PARK" is printed in white above and below the lighthouse logo. On the back of the jacket is a larger version of the logo that covers the majority of the back with the same inscription. Sewn on the upper left hand shoulder is a gold and brown patch shaped somewhat like a kettle ball. On the top of the patch, embroidered in brown, is "VOLUNTEER." Inside the round portion of the patch is a brown embroidered bear; both above and below the bear is the inscription "CALIFORNIA / STATE PARKS." |
Date |
1999-2017 |
Creator |
C Port and Company |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2017.008.067B.3 |
Dimensions |
H-28.75 W-24.75 inches |
Dimension Details |
lying jacket |
Collection |
3D - Clothing |
Inscription Text |
"PIGEON POINT / LIGHT STATION / STATE HISTORIC PARK" (Printed in white on front left chest of jacket and in large white print on the back of the jacket); "VOLUNTEER / CALIFORNIA / STATE PARKS" (embroidered in brown on a gold patch on the upper left shoulder); "C / PORT / and / COMPANYTM" (sewn in white on tag on the inside collar of the jacket). |
Provenance |
Worn by Julie Barrow during her time as a volunteer at Pigeon Point Lighthouse. From the Semones/Barrow Collection. |
Notes |
"Perched on a cliff on the central California coast, 50 miles south of San Francisco, the 115-foot Pigeon Point Lighthouse, one of the tallest lighthouses in America, has been guiding mariners since 1872. Its five-wick lard oil lamp, and first-order Fresnel lens, comprised of 1,008 prisms, was first lit at sunset, November 15, 1872. The lens stands 16 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and weighs 2,000 pounds. Now on display in the Fog Signal building, it sat in a lantern room constructed at the Lighthouse Service's general depot in New York before being shipped around the Horn. Although the original Fresnel lens is no longer in use, the lighthouse is still an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation using a Vega Marine Rotating Beacon. The coastal areas surrounding Pigeon Point Light Station are rich with life. Marine mammals, such as seals and whales, can be seen regularly from shore as they pass by beyond the surf. The intertidal zone along this part of the coast, particularly in the rocky reefs that flank the light station, contains a diverse and numerous variety of plant and animal life. " [http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=533 11/10/2017 |
Search Terms |
Barrow, Julia California - Historic Spots California Light Stations California Lighthouses Lighthouse Lighthouses Lighthouses - San Mateo County Lighthouses of San Francisco Bay Pescadero Pigeon Point Pigeon Point Lighthouse Semones, JoAnn State Parks of California |
Subjects |
Lighthouse keepers Lighthouses Pescadero State parks & reserves Volunteers |
People |
Barrow, Julia Semones, JoAnn |
Credit line |
JoAnn Semones - Julia Barrow Collection |