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Vote for the Bodie Island Lighthouse
July 18, 2008 | Subscribe to this post
Posted by Elizabeth Hull in Landmarks & Attractions
Every year, as part of its Reliable Lighthouse Restoration Initiative, JELD-WEN provides new windows and doors for one historic lighthouse. This year, North Carolina’s Bodie Island lighthouse (a favored photography subject of Hugh Morton’s) is one of the 12 finalists. Vote now!
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- ArchivesNext - Blog examining archives and technology
- Biographical Conversations with . . . Hugh Morton - An episode from the UNC TV program featuring a one-on-one conversation with Hugh Morton
- Grandfather Mountain - Scenic attraction and nature preserve in Linville, NC owned by Morton from 1952 until his death in 2006
- Morton Biography from Grandfather Mountain website
- NC Collection Photographic Archives
- NC Miscellany Blog - Blog of the North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-CH
- Posterity Project - Blog related to archives, history, civic responsibility, and open access to public records in Tennessee
- Southern Short Course in News Photography - America’s longest running photojournalism seminar, of which Morton was a founder
- UNC Libraries
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Thanks Elizabeth for putting the Bodie Island Lighthouse voting link in this post. I was pleased to vote for this North Carolina landmark.
There is another great Hugh Morton photograph of the Bodie Island Lighthouse in his 2006 book, “Hugh Morton: North Carolina Photographer.” It’s on page 111.
If he had chosen to do so, Hugh Morton could have done a book on just his North Carolina lighthouse photography. Here’s just of few of his lighthouse shots that have appeared on the cover of “The State” magazine.
Cape Fear Lighthouse - December 3, 1949
Cape Fear Lighthouse - March, 1973
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - January, 1982
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - May, 1984 (In addition to this great lighthouse shot, there is also a Highland Games piper on this same cover).
Oak Island Lighthouse - August, 1986
Thanks for supporting this initiative! If you’re interested to know where the lighthouse currently stands according to the votes it has received, click here: http://www.jeld-wen.com/pressroom/press.cfm/idcategory/69/idpress/352/home/1. If you have any questions, as always, feel free to contact me at jeld-wen@cmdagency.com. Thanks!
Elizabeth:
Nice follow up to your Bodie Island Lighthouse post of July 31st in this morning’s Wilmington paper:
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080921/APN/809210575&tc=email_newsletter
I mean July 18th…sorry.