[Three men wearing uniforms pulling a boat up a ramp into the life saving station on Lake Michigan known as the Old Chicago Coast Guard Station]

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  • Collection ID DN-0089236
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Three men wearing uniforms pulling a boat up a ramp into the life saving station on Lake Michigan known as the Old Chicago Coast Guard Station] [graphic].
  • Dates 1929.
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Image of three men wearing uniforms pulling a boat up a ramp into the life saving station on Lake Michigan in the harbor at Chicago, Illinois. Two men are standing ankle-deep in water, and a third man is standing in the foreground, pulling the boat with a thick rope. The Chicago skyline is visible across the lake in the background. After the U.S. Life Saving Service merged into the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915, the station became known as the Old Chicago Coast Guard Station. Text on boat reads: Old Chicago.
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  • Names
    • Chicago Harbor Coast Guard Station (U.S.)
    • United States. Coast Guard.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) 1920-1929.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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