Men leaning against life boat, with dog at their feet, Life Saving Station, Biddeford Pool, Me.

Item Information

Title:
Men leaning against life boat, with dog at their feet, Life Saving Station, Biddeford Pool, Me.
Description:
Members of the U.S. Life-Saving Service lean on a lifeboat at the Fletcher's Neck Life-Saving Station, built in 1874, in Biddeford, Maine. The Stick-style wood frame boathouse is ornamented in various manners, including carved dolphins in the lower corners of the gable.
Photographer:
Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC001: General photographic collection
Subjects:
gable roofs
boathouses
Stick Style
frame construction (wood frame construction)
seashores
surfboats
life-saving stations
line-throwing guns
life-saving
government (political concept)
Biddeford Pool (Me.)
Ocean Avenue (Biddeford, Me.)
United States. Life-Saving Service -- officials and employees
United States. Life-Saving Service
Places:
Maine > York (county) > Biddeford
Fletcher's Neck Life-saving Station
Extent:
1 photograph
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/196005
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Identifier:
196005
Call #:
PC001.02.01.USME.0210.0020.005