Surfman Carrying a Signal Lantern. Oldtimer Lifesavers - One of a series of sketches on the former Lifesaving Services (forerunner of the Coast Guard), by M. J. Burns c. 1879 and c. 1900, published in the old Harper's Weeklies. In some of the sketches there appear other initials in addition to Burns' name. Sketch from Old Harper's Weekly - By Burns, c. 1879 on Lifesaving Service. Surfman on back on patrol using lanturn to warn a ship in danger.

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Keywords: 17-a2-187, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg