The Life Saving Service of Cape Cod

Title:: The Life Saving Service of Cape Cod
Description:: Slides from a lecture compiled and given by Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan regarding the history and activities of the U.S. Life Saving Service (1873-1914) on Cape Cod in the vicinity of Provincetown and Truro.
Creator:: Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan
Format:: Photographs
Location:: Provincetown History Preservation Project
Collection (local):: Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan Collection
Subjects:: Boats and boating
Boys
Cape Cod (Mass.) History
Captains
Drowning
Fishing
Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown
Fishing nets
Fishing villages
Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown
Life preservers
Lifeboats
Lifesaving
Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts
Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown
Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro
Peaked Hill Bars Station
Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century
Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
Sailing ships
Schooners
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region
Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown
Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro
United States. Life-Saving Service
MacMillan, Donald B.
Places:: Massachusetts > Barnstable (county) > Provincetown
Massachusetts > Barnstable (county) > Truro
Link to Item:: http://www.provincetownhistoryproject.com/archives/142
Terms of Use:: Rights status not evaluated.
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