10/21/2019
Location: Ship Island, MS.
Image: Photograph; sepia-toned, digital image of lighthouse.
Title: Lighthouse on Ship Island, Mississippi.
Image Creation Date: 2006.
Collection: The Rufus Ward Collection.
Note: The Ship Island Lighthouse was completed on November 4, 1853. It was a guiding light for vessels traveling along the Gulf Coast until 1861 when secessionist forces took possession of the island.
Source: Mississippi State University Libraries; National Park Services: Gulf Island National Seashore FL, MS
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