Uniforms of the
United States Life-Saving Service
1889-1914
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| Image | Description |
|---|---|
| Unidentified keeper & crew, no date, standard uniform. |
| Unidentified keeper & crew, no date, crew wears summer "working suits" while keeper is wearing the standard uniform. |
| Orleans Life-Saving crew, boat drill, crew is wearing summer working suits, keeper is in the standard uniform, with cork vests, 1908 |
| Unidentified keeper & crew, no date, standard uniforms |
| Official U.S. Life-Saving Service coat button |
| Unidentified keeper & crew, no date, standard uniforms |
| Unidentified keeper, no
date, standard uniform |
| Standard "working suit" |
| Surfman Howard Daniel
Browning of Station Narragansett Pier (#54), Rhode Island, wearing the standard winter-style uniform, circa 1909 |
| Unidentified keeper, no
date, standard uniform |
| "Storm suit." no date. Keeper Benjamin Cameron of the USLSS Station Kenosha, Wisconsin. This is a photo taken by L. M. Thiers and is entitled "Throwing the Life Line." It was published in the 31 March 1902 Milwaukee Sentinal. |
| Standard "storm suit," no date, with walking stick and lantern. |
| Illustration of the cork life vest, no date. |
| Nauset Life-Saving crew launching their surfboat, all wearing mixed uniforms with wading boots and cork life vests; no date, possibly post-1915 era. |
| Wallis Sands Life-Saving crew wearing "storm suits" with cork life vests, no date. |
| Surfman's "Check" badge, front, from Station 110, New Jersey. |
| Surfman's "Check" badge, rear, from Station 110, New Jersey. |
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