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Aerial View South1024 viewsA picture of the lighthouse from the south.
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1019 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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Point Lookout 1885, Closeup1014 viewsThis is a picture of Point Lookout Lighthouse from the bay side after it was expanded in 1883. Notice the chimneys on each side of the lighthouse.
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Fog Bell 19581011 viewsThe fogbell at Point Lookout. The structure was moved to St. Michaels Maritime Museum, where it currently resides. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy from the Tester newspaper: U.S. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, Friday, July 25, 1958, Vol. XV- No. 29, Pages 4-5. 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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Point Lookout 1928, aerial view (2)1005 viewsThis is a picture of Point Lookout Lighthouse from an airplane.
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Fog Bell Tower at CBMM1001 viewsThis is the fog bell tower as it stands at CBMM in St Michaels, Maryland. The Point Lookout Lighthouse Preservation Society (PLLPS), Inc. is working to return this wonderful piece of history to Point Lookout. (See www.PLLPS.org for the latest info). As of 2010, the fog bell tower is owned by the Navy and on loan to CBMM.
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Lighthouse with Trees998 viewsThe lighthouse looks "framed" by trees in this photograph! Notice that the cupola is white in this photograph.
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Sheds, Point Lookout Lighthouse Complex993 viewsThe two buoy sheds, as seen from near the front steps of the lighthouse. In the far (south side) buoy shed, you can see the screened in front porch of the small apartment.
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Point Lookout Lighthouse Complex from the Wharf989 viewsPoint Lookout Lighthouse, February 1928. The dock no longer exists; the buoy sheds still stand behind a second fence but have been altered.
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Point Lookout Post Card975 viewsA post card of Point Lookout, purchased by Raymond Hartzel while he was living in the lighthouse.
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Point Lookout Buoy Depot969 viewsMen sitting on the wharf at Point Lookout buoy depot. Notice the bell tower in the background, between the buoy sheds and the lighthouse.
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