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Aerial View (closeup), pre-1927 remodel884 viewsAerial view closeup of the lighthouse, from the south. However, close inspection of the lighthouse reveals that this picture was taken PRIOR to the remodel in 1927; the summer kitchen/bedroom wing on the Potomac side of the house is visible. Also notice the two chimneys on opposite ends of what is the present day first floor living rooms. A building exists in the upper right hand corner of the picture.
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Aerial View, pre-1927 remodel844 viewsAerial view of the lighthouse, from the south. The front of the picture says "Filed June 28, 1928". However, close inspection of the lighthouse reveals that this picture was taken PRIOR to the remodel in 1927; the summer kitchen/bedroom wing on the Potomac side of the house is visible.
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Aerial View of Point Lookout779 viewsThis is an 8x10 photo, purchased from Weeks Photos; the picture was originally taken for the newspaper.
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Rainbow- Take 21027 viewsAnother view of the rainbow over the lighthouse.
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721 viewsThis is one of the few known pictures of cupola that includes the fresnel lens. The caption in the article states: "The Point Lookout Lighthouse beacon stands guard to guide distressed ships in the night".

Special thanks to Charlie Kidd for sharing his copy of this newspaper, and to the Public Information office at Patuxent Naval Air Station (PAX) for supplying a higher resolution version.
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Lighthouse View from the Road- Open House 1998771 viewsThis picture was taken on Novermber 7th, 1998 from the road looking back at the lighthouse. Notice the beautiful sky and the puffy white clouds.
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View from a Jetty782 viewsThere is one jetty in the fishing area which remains as of 1999 on the Chesapeake Bay side. This is a great view of the Lighthouse. Photographs taken by psychic investigators revealed the figure of a man sitting near this jetty; the apparition was visible to the human eye. This area is where the prison hospital was located.

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Lighthouse Forest Green2508 viewsCoast Guard requirements in the 1960's specified that lighthouses be trimmed in Forest Green.
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Original Lighthouse Drawing823 viewsThis is a close-up of a drawing of the lighthouse from 1863 taken from a lithographed map of Hammond Hospital entitled: "Point Lookout, Md. View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U.S. Genl. Depot for Prisoners of War".
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