"New and Old Light House, Cape Henry Va"

postcard

Postcard; photolithograph; view of old and new lights at Cape Henry, VA; new light at center, is octagonal, with upper and lower half of each face alternately black and white; at right is original tower; related outbuildings at left background; printed at lower left "3008-New and Old Light House, Cape Henry Va"; published by Souvenir Post Card Company, NY; [Cape Henry lights: original light built 1792, still stands but is inactive; second light built 1881, still active; see F. Ross Holland Jr. "Great American Lighthouses" pp. 162-163]