Absecom [sic] light house, from the Sand Hand Hills, N.J. [graphic] / J. Moran. Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer. Absecon Lighthouse (Atlantic City, N.J.) Lighthouses -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City. Dunes -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City. View showing a man leaning down to pick something up in the sand dunes in Atlantic City, with the Absecon Lighthouse in the background. The lighthouse, the tallest in New Jersey and the third tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States, was constructed 1854-1857 after designs by George Meade and deactivated in 1933. Title from label pasted on verso. Photographer's blind stamp on mount. Duplicate photograph, #67 entitled "Light house - Atlantic City," in Moran album, "Old Philadelphia Views, 1861." See albums - Moran [P.9265]. Creme mount with square corners. Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. Philadelphia PA. Philadelphia. 1861 Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872, engineer. Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872, engineer. [ca. 1861] Stereographs -- 1860-1870. Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3 x 7 in.) digitool:98609 Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.13] P.8464.13 Part of Unidentified series No. 45 Atlantic City (New Jersey)