Digest>Jul/Aug 2018
Photo Caption:
This 1920 photo of Tilly was taken the year following Robert Gerlof’s final promotion to head keeper. During that year, he served with four young men who set up a dark room inside the lighthouse to develop the 100s of photos they took of life on Tillamook Rock. (Courtesy Jean Hayward Wilkinson) Back to the edition of: Jul/Aug 2018
Story:
Terrible Tilly’s Old Man and the Sea: Robert Gerlof
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