{"id":1986,"date":"2025-07-17T17:42:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:47:35","slug":"throwback-thursday-cape-canaveral-lighthouse-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=1986","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday &#8211; Cape Canaveral Lighthouse &#8211; 1950"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lets go back 75 years and a view from the top of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do not have much information about the photo below that I was able to acquire while working at the Kennedy Space Center. The following caption was included with the photo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Cape view as it looked in 1950 from the lighthouse. Date: 01\/01\/1950.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PL-64-81815.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PL-64-81815-1024x614.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1980\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\"><em><strong>A view looking East from the top of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse in 1950.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast Forward 65 years to 2015 and a climb up the lighthouse and some more current views from the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96133-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96133-683x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1985\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\"><strong><em>Looking Southeast at Hangar C from the top of the Lighthous<\/em><\/strong>e<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96139-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96139-683x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1981\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\"><strong><em>A view looking  North East with Complex 36 Blockhouse in the Distance.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96130-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96130-1024x683.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1984\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">A view looking South from the top of the Lighthouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"\\&amp;quot;wp-block-gallery wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\\\">\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96158-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96158-683x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1983\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96163-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/G8Q96163-683x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1982\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a couple views from the ground of the Lighthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cape-Canaveral-lighthouse-map-Text.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cape-Canaveral-lighthouse-map-Text.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1965\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lets go back 75 years and a view from the top of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. I do not have much information about the photo below that I was able to acquire while working at the Kennedy Space Center. The following caption was included with the photo: Cape view as it looked in 1950 from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,111,103,135,151,107],"tags":[44,24,181,21,9,22],"class_list":["post-1986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blockhouse","category-cape-canaveral","category-cape-canaveral-lighthouse","category-cape-canaveral-space-force-station","category-launch-complex-36","category-nasa","tag-cape-canaveral-2","tag-cape-canaveral-lighthouse","tag-complex-36","tag-launch-sites","tag-lighthouse","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}