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Archive Photographs of the Northern Coast Beacons

Each frame is treated as documentary record: towers, weathering, keeper routines, and shoreline context preserved in image form.

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Large archival photograph of a granite lighthouse tower at dawn with keepers' cottages below — North Head Light, c. 1912 — glass plate scan showing tower masonry and early service buildings.

Archival image of a keeper inspecting the lantern room lens with maintenance tools — Lantern inspection log image, 1926.

Historic winter scene of a signal house near sea cliffs with snow and heavy surf — Signal house in winter weather, c. 1931.

Documentary photograph of a foghorn engine room with pistons, gauges, and oil lamps — Engine room equipment plate, 1919.

Period photo of a wooden desk with annotated coastal chart, compass, and keeper logbook — Chart annotations from the keeper's office, 1908.

Historic crew portrait beside a beacon tender vessel moored in a small harbor — Tender crew before supply run, c. 1940.