Red Cross/YMCA Life Saving Class

Photograph

Gulfport History Museum

Front

Name/Title

Red Cross/YMCA Life Saving Class

Entry/Object ID

BCH.65

Description

A black and white photograph of a "life saving class" on Gulfport Beach, with one instructor and seven students. They sit and stand on the shore in swimwear. Boca Ciega Bay stretches out behind them. Left to right: Standing, Julia Jean Gray; Bob Zubrod, Red Cross instructor; Don Fitzpatrick, James Stambaugh, Allen Miller; sitting, Anna Marie Gaskins, Anna White, Glennis Schultz

Photograph Details

Subject

Beaches--Florida--Gulfport, Lifeguards, Swimming, Education, Training, Boca Ciega Bay (Fla.), Fashion--1940-1950

Subject Place

Location

Gulfport Beach

City

Gulfport, FL

Collection

Photograph Collection

Cataloged By

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Unknown

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Harry Thorne

Role

Photographer

Studio

Thorne Studio

Date made

circa April 1943

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Reverse

Transcription

THE THORNE STUDIO 5325 - 31st Ave., South Gulfport, Fla.

Language

English

Location

Note

Transcription

1 Julia Jean Gray 2 Instructor R. Cross 3 4 Anna Marie Gaskins 5 James Stambaugh 6 Anna White 7 8 Torpedo buoy 4/43

Language

English

Location

Note

Transcription

A life-saving class organized by the Red Cross and the YMCA in 1943. Julia Jean Gray, Instructor Bob Zubrod, Don Fitzpatrick, Anna Marie Gaskins, James Stambaugh, Anna White, Glennis Schultz, and Allen Miller. NOT THIS ORDER #127

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

8-1/8 in

Width

10 in

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