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Title |
Pigeon Point Lighthouse Staff Shirt |
Object Name |
Shirt, Polo |
Description |
Pigeon Point Lighthouse Staff Shirt. Blue cotton, large sized polo shirt with three pearl-like buttons. Embroidered on the front left chest is "PIGEON POINT / LIGHTHOUSE / STAFF" and an illustration of a lighthouse. |
Date |
1999-2017 |
Creator |
Outer Banks |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2017.008.067C.1 |
Dimensions |
H-26 W-21.625 inches |
Dimension Details |
26 x 21.625 (lying flat) |
Collection |
3D - Clothing |
Inscription Text |
"PIGEON POINT / LIGHTHOUSE / STAFF" (embroidered in white on the front left of the shirt); "OUTER BANKSR" (embroidered in green on tag on the inside of the shirt); "100% COTTON / MADE FABRIC MADE IN U.S.A / ASSEMBLED IN COSTA RICA" (printed in green on lip tag on the inside of the shirt just below the collar). |
Provenance |
Staff shirt 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 Lighthouses - San Mateo County Lighthouses of San Francisco Bay Pescadero Pigeon Point Pigeon Point Lighthouse Semones, JoAnn |
Subjects |
Lighthouse keepers Lighthouses Volunteers |
People |
Barrow, Julia Semones, JoAnn |
Credit line |
JoAnn Semones - Julia Barrow Collection |