A concrete buoy painted in red, black and yellow bands reading «Southernmost Point, Continental U.S.A., Key West, Fl.» with «The Conch Republic» emblem, beside a wire fence facing the sea; «America begins here» is painted on the ground.

The Southernmost Point buoy of the continental United States in Key West, 1985. Photo by John Margolies.

Photo: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-mrg-06970. No known restrictions on publication (Library of Congress).

Date
1985
Place
Key West, Florida
Photographer
John Margolies
Archive
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive
License
No known restrictions on publication (Library of Congress)
Original
loc.gov