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Point Vicente Lighthouse first assistant keeper Thomas A. Atkinson viewed through lighthouse lens, Rancho Palos Verdes, 1935

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Title: Point Vicente Lighthouse first assistant keeper Thomas A. Atkinson viewed through lighthouse lens, Rancho Palos Verdes, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: 1935
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Close-up of Thomas Atkinson, in cap, behind lighthouse lens
This photograph appears with the article “San Vicente Lighthouse Again Awarded Honors,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Most Efficient Lighthouse on California Coast Prevents Wrecks on Reefs. The magnification of the heavy prismatic lenses is graphically portrayed in this picture. The profile of Atkinson can be seen considerably magnified through the highly polished glass lenses.
Handwritten at edge of negative: T A Atkinson Light House San Vicente
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, San Vicente Lighthouse
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0815
0815
ark:/21198/zz002db57k
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fresnel lenses--California--Rancho Palos Verdes
Lighthouses--California--Rancho Palos Verdes
Atkinson, Thomas A., b. 1902 or 03
Point Vicente Lighthouse (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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