[Cast-Iron Lighthouse under construction at Merrick & Towne's Foundry, Philadelphia, destined for Carysfort Reef, Florida]

[Cast-Iron Lighthouse under construction at Merrick & Towne's Foundry, Philadelphia, destined for Carysfort Reef, Florida]

Photograph

W. & F. Langenheim

Maker
American, 1843–1874

[Cast-Iron Lighthouse under construction at Merrick & Towne's Foundry, Philadelphia, destined for Carysfort Reef, Florida]

August 2, 1849
Salted paper print
Image: 22.6 x 19.9 cm
Mount: 26 x 20.9 cm
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
Inscriptions recto (printed): Talbotype from nature, Aug 2, 1849 by W & F Langenheim Philad-a Exchange
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