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Title |
Pigeon Point Long Sleeve Shirt |
Object Name |
T-Shirt |
Description |
Pigeon Point Long Sleeve Shirt. Medium sized, long sleeve, crew neck, black shirt. On the front left chest is a teal illustration and logo of a lighthouse up from the widow's walk. Below, printed in teal is "PIGEON POINT / LIGHTHOUSE / California State / Historic Park." On the back is a teal cutaway illustration of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse with two men at the bottom; the man on the left is looking through a telescope and the man on the right is pointing in the direction of the lighthouse. |
Date |
1999-2017 |
Creator |
Hanes |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2017.008.067C.3 |
Dimensions |
H-26 W-18.75 inches |
Dimension Details |
lying flat |
Collection |
3D - Clothing |
Inscription Text |
"PIGEON POINT / LIGHTHOUSE / California State / Historic Park." (printed in teal on the front left chest of the shirt); "100'0" / Focal / Plane" (teal text on dotted lines on the back of the shirt); "Courtesy of National Archives" (printed in teal on the bottom left of the back illustration); "U.S. BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES / PIGEON POINT LIGHT STATION / PESCADERO, CALIFORNIA" (printed in teal below back illustration); "Hanes / TaglessR" (printed in white on the inside of the shirt just below the collar). |
Provenance |
Worn and used by Julie Barrow during her time 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 - San Mateo County Lighthouses of San Francisco Bay Pigeon Point Pigeon Point Lighthouse |
Subjects |
Lighthouse keepers Lighthouses State parks & reserves Volunteers |
People |
Barrow, Julia |
Credit line |
JoAnn Semones - Julia Barrow Collection |