Price: $90.00
SKU: 95187
PUBLISHER: Published by Every Saturday: An Illustrated Journal of Choice Reading. February 26, 1870.
MEDIUM: Wood engraving,
DATE: 1870.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 13/16 x 8 7/8" (30 x 22.5 cm).
DESCRIPTION: The United States Life-Saving Service was a United States government agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers. It began in 1848 and ultimately merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915. During the 19th century there were life saving stations up and down the coast.
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CONDITION: Good condition with modern hand color.
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