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Irving David Conklin Jr, born January 29, 1901 in Connecticut, was head keeper of the Los Angeles Harbor Lighthouse from 1931 to 1942, as shown here in a 1935 photo. Keeper Conklin took his job seriously and was sometimes quite gruff about it. In a 1939 interview, he told the reporter: “Don’t say that living in a lighthouse is light house-keeping. That joke was no good when it was spawned 100 years ago and age has not improved it.” Irving Conklin started his career in the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1927 at Point Reyes Lighthouse in California. From there, he went to Point Knox Lighthouse, also known as Angel Island Light, where he served from 1929 to 1931, and then to Los Angeles Harbor Lighthouse. He was known in later years for his striking lighthouse photography, having traveled the California Coast on his vacations to visit and photograph other lighthouses. He showcased many of these photos in his book, Guideposts of the Sea, published in 1939. Irving D. Conklin Jr died in Alameda, California on October 23, 1987, at the age of 86. (Lighthouse Digest archives)
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