3067. (glass plate negative) Seguin Island Lighthouse, Maine.
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3067. (glass plate negative) Seguin Island Lighthouse, Maine.
3067. (glass plate negative) Seguin Island Lighthouse, Maine. Large 5” x 7” glass plate negative provides a rare look at the lighthouse that for more than two centuries has been an important guide for mariners traveling along the Maine coast as well as those entering the Kennebec River toward Bath and other ports. According to the dealer that I acquired this from, this piece was from a collection that “came down through family of Capt. Herbert McAllister to present family”. However, more importantly, according to the dealer, this (and other) negatives were taken by: “Herbert Spinney (1862-1943) [who was] lighthouse keeper at Seguin Island Maine from 1893-1906”. Seguin Light is on Seguin Island, in the Gulf of Maine south of the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine. Established in 1795, it is the second-oldest of Maine’s coastal lighthouses, and the only lighthouse in the state housing a first-order Fresnel lens. With its light at 180 feet above mean sea-level, the present tower, built in 1857, is its highest of the state’s lighthouses. Automated in 1985, the buildings of the light station are now operated as a museum property by a non-profit organization. Rare close clear image, will make fine prints. (VG+). $164.