Name/Title
Red Cross/YMCA Life Saving ClassEntry/Object ID
BCH.70Description
A black and white photograph of a "life saving class" on Gulfport Beach with ten people. An instructor points out to the water while giving instruction to a student carrying a life preserver. Six of the other students are holding an attached rope. Two men stand at the back onlooking and assisting. The Gulfport Casino can be seen in the background behind a few palm trees.
Left to right: (Councilman Frank Wheeler and A.K. Franklin?), James Stambaugh, Anna White, Don Fitzpatrick, Glennis Schultz, Allen Miller, Julia Jean Gray, Anna Marie Gaskins; Bob Zubrod, Red Cross InstructorPhotograph Details
Subject
Beaches--Florida--Gulfport-, Lifeguards, Swimming, Education, Training, Fashion--1940-1950, Boca Ciega Bay (Fla.)Subject Person or Organization
Gulfport CasinoSubject Place
Location
Gulfport BeachCity
Gulfport, FLCollection
Photograph CollectionCataloged By
MVAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
UnknownMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Harry ThorneRole
PhotographerStudio
Thorne StudioDate made
circa April 1943Inscription/Signature/Marks
Location
ReverseTranscription
LIFE SAVING CLASS 1943
THE THORNE STUDIO
5325 - 31st Ave., South
Gulfport, Fla.Language
EnglishLocation
ClippingTranscription
ATTENTION ALL SWIMMERS
All boys and girls from 12 years up who are interested in becoming members of the Gulfport Life Saving Beach Patrol, please sign up with Marie Gaskins at the Gulfport casino, or phone Jean Gray, 35-252.
Classes under qualified Red Cross instructors will begin Monday, June 14, at 10 a.m.Language
English
