Farallon Island Light
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Farallon Island Light is a lighthouse on Southeast Farallon Island, California. One of the highest lights in California, it was constructed in 1855 to warn ships approaching San Francisco from the wes
Historic photo of Farallon Island Light, with mule (USCG)
View of Farallon Island Light, with research station below
Farallon Light Tower with Lantern Room – U.S. Coast Guard Archive
Farallon Light Tower without Lantern Room – U.S. Coast Guard Archive
National Park Service
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The National Park Service is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The service manages all national parks; most national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational
In 1934, a series of ten postage stamps was issued to commemorate the reorganization and expansion of the National Park Service.
NPS Preliminary Survey party, Great Smoky Mountains, 1931
NPS staff sitting on the set for the 1972 Centennial for the creation of the first National Park (the Yellowstone NP), in a NBC Today Show. Left to right: George Hartzog, William Everhart, Frank McGee and Jack K. Anderson.
NPS publication, 2012