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.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.13]
View depicts a contemplative man with his hand against his forehead sitting and leaning against a tree in the foreground. Includes trees and shrubs in the background., Title from label pasted on verso., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.10]
