Name/Title
Red Cross/YMCA Life Saving ClassEntry/Object ID
BCH.65Description
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 SchultzPhotograph Details
Subject
Beaches--Florida--Gulfport, Lifeguards, Swimming, Education, Training, Boca Ciega Bay (Fla.), Fashion--1940-1950Subject Place
Location
Gulfport BeachCity
Gulfport, FLCollection
Photograph CollectionAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
UnknownMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Harry ThorneRole
PhotographerStudio
Thorne StudioDate made
circa April 1943Inscription/Signature/Marks
Location
ReverseTranscription
THE THORNE STUDIO
5325 - 31st Ave., South
Gulfport, Fla.Language
EnglishLocation
NoteTranscription
1 Julia Jean Gray
2 Instructor R. Cross
3
4 Anna Marie Gaskins
5 James Stambaugh
6 Anna White
7
8
Torpedo buoy
4/43Language
EnglishLocation
NoteTranscription
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 #127Language
EnglishUpdated By
MCUpdate Date
February 7, 2026
