10475. (cabinet photo) Dice (Dyce) Head Lighthouse, Castine, Maine c.1880.
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10475. (cabinet photo) Dice (Dyce) Head Lighthouse, Castine, Maine c.1880.
10475. (cabinet photo) Dice (Dyce) Head Lighthouse, Castine, Maine c.1880. Extremely rare albumen photo shows great detail of the light station and neighboring home on the rocky point on the east side of the entrance to the Penobscot River. Major repairs were carried out in 1858, and the entire tower was surrounded with a six-sided wooden sheath (seen in this view) and a fourth-order Fresnel lens replaced the lamps and reflectors. The wooden sheath was removed in the late 1800s after this image was taken. This is a charming view and includes a finely dressed Victorian woman seated on a rock, posing for the photographer. Photo was removed from its original pressed paper backing but is completely intact. Back has remnants of the backing remaining. Clean, clear, quite distinctive. View measures 4 ¾” x 7 ¼”. (VG). $88.