The U.S. Life-Saving Service: heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard

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Name/Title

The U.S. Life-Saving Service: heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard

Entry/Object ID

2019.35.06

Description

The architecture and beauty of all of America's life saving stations. Station by station coverage of every state. The saga of the men and women, the boats and equipment . Rare, fine photographs from the archives of the U.S. Coast Guard, Library of Congress, National Park Service, National Archives and priivate collections. Historic photographs of vitrtually every American life saving station. 264 p. ill., Includes bibliography and Index

Collection

Books

Cataloged By

Slusar, Linda

Acquisition

Accession

2019.35

Lexicon

Search Terms

United States. Life saving service--history, United States. Coast Guard-history, Life Saving-United States-history, Life-saving stations-United States--history

Book Details

Author

Shanks, Ralph C.

Publisher

Costano Books

Place Published

Location

Novato, CA 94948

Date Published

1996 - 2009

Publication Language

English

Call No.

363.12 SHA

ISBN

0930268

LCCN

95-092424

Notes

Date: 1996

Location

Shelf

Library

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Linda Slusar Status Date: 2019-10-21

Create Date

October 21, 2019

Update Date

October 12, 2021