Motor lifeboat at the Fort Tilden, N.Y. Coast Guard station, January 1945

silver print

Silver print; black-and-white photograph of motor lifeboat CG-36369 at the Fort Tilden, N.Y. Coast Guard station, January 1945; man is seen in forward hatch readying docking lines, one doghouse window is open for visibility for the helmsman, thick coating of ice on deck, doghouse and railings, also seen at dock in basin are motorsailer WESTERLY (built 1939), CGR-539 and auxiliary schooner JANE DORE (built as LADONA, 1922), CG-81006. Included in photograph album 2007.44.1. Print reproduced from original negative (1997.108.295) by Richard Pratt Sylvia.