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When my dad was in San Juan, apparently El Moro was under control of the US Army. Would have been c1958
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Your dad take all these pics, Rosalie?
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There is a Baltimore craft of painting scenes on window screens. After I figured out how to do that, I painted the screens on the ports of our sailboat - mostly with lighthouses of the Chesapeake. This is Drum point, which is now in the Calvert Marine Museum
This is a screw pile lighthouse
This is a screw pile lighthouse
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Yes he was the photographer of the family - he was at a conference in San Juan - this was from his hotel room
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Back in 1968 I took a class in painting. The first painting I did was the lighthouse in Key West On the left is a photo I took of the lighthouse at the time.
But when we were traveling south in the early 2000's the Key West Lighthouse was white. How could I make such a mistake? But I found a postcard of the lighthouse as it was - and it used to be yellow.
This is someone else's painting of the Key West Lighthouse in the Martello Museum
But when we were traveling south in the early 2000's the Key West Lighthouse was white. How could I make such a mistake? But I found a postcard of the lighthouse as it was - and it used to be yellow.
This is someone else's painting of the Key West Lighthouse in the Martello Museum
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Although I was not able to actually get to Marken on my 2016 trip, I did photograph the Paard van Marken (the Marken lighthouse) twice from the IJsselmeer on our way to and from Hoorn.
The lighthouse is located at the eastern tip of the island of Marken, in the Markermeer about 19 miles northeast of Amsterdam. Because of its profile as seen from a distance, the lighthouse is traditionally called het Paard van Marken (the horse of Marken).
Paard van Marken
It is a good walk from the village. The lighthouse was built in 1839 by J. Valk on a site of a more primitive tower that was on this site dating from about 1700. The focal plane (height of the light) is 53 ft. The lighthouse is active and has a white light oscillating once every 8 seconds. The lighthouse consists of a round brick tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 2-story keeper's house. The lighthouse is painted white; lantern dome is red.
Markem lighthouse from a ship
In the winter, northeast winds funnel ice down the IJsselmeer toward the lighthouse, sometimes endangering the buildings; the original keeper's house was destroyed by ice in 1879, the present keeper's house was heavily damaged in 1900, and in 1971 ice reached the roof of the keeper's house. The lantern was replaced in 1992, and the fog horn was deactivated in 2001. The lighthouse was declared a national monument in 1970. The lighthouse is privately owned and is occupied at the moment.
Sunset on the IJsselmeer
The lighthouse is located at the eastern tip of the island of Marken, in the Markermeer about 19 miles northeast of Amsterdam. Because of its profile as seen from a distance, the lighthouse is traditionally called het Paard van Marken (the horse of Marken).
Paard van Marken
It is a good walk from the village. The lighthouse was built in 1839 by J. Valk on a site of a more primitive tower that was on this site dating from about 1700. The focal plane (height of the light) is 53 ft. The lighthouse is active and has a white light oscillating once every 8 seconds. The lighthouse consists of a round brick tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 2-story keeper's house. The lighthouse is painted white; lantern dome is red.
Markem lighthouse from a ship
In the winter, northeast winds funnel ice down the IJsselmeer toward the lighthouse, sometimes endangering the buildings; the original keeper's house was destroyed by ice in 1879, the present keeper's house was heavily damaged in 1900, and in 1971 ice reached the roof of the keeper's house. The lantern was replaced in 1992, and the fog horn was deactivated in 2001. The lighthouse was declared a national monument in 1970. The lighthouse is privately owned and is occupied at the moment.
Sunset on the IJsselmeer
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