A Coast Guardsman mans an iced-up blinker light, United States
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. A Coast Guardsman standing behind an iced-up blinker light in a signal tower off the coast of Maine. Official caption on reverse: "3023. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. Despite Ice the Messages are Sent. Winter is more than a pretty picture to this U.S. Coast Guardsman manning an iced up blinker light in a signal tower off the Maine coast. Winter means ice covered equipment and North Atlantic winds that pierce to the bone. Operating the light is Coast Guardsman James A. Emery of San Francisco, a chief signalman who has been in the Coast Guard more than eight years." Maine. No date
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1941
1945
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Items from the service of John J. Scanlan Jr., who served in the United States Coast Guard. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Scanlan worked for a newspaper prior to joining the Coast Guard. During the war, he acquired photographs published by the Public Relations Division of the United States Coast Guard. The collection consists of photographs from most of the theaters of operations and depict life in the field and aboard a ship for Coast Guardsmen and Marines. Also included is a satirical piece of military correspondence. See collection 2012.321 for more items from the collection subject.
Geography:
Maine
Latitude:
45.000
Longitude:
-69.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ice--United States
Ships--American--Atlantic Ocean