21134b. LAUNCHING OF THE LIFE-BOAT
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21134b. LAUNCHING OF THE LIFE-BOAT
21134b. LAUNCHING OF THE LIFE-BOAT. Harper’s Weekly. April 19, 1902. Wonderful full page b/w artist’s rendition shows surfmen of the Life-Saving Service working to push their surfboat carriage across the soft sand of Cape Cod’s outer beach toward a wreck in the background. Illustration was published to commemorate the Life-Saving Service Monomoy disaster off Cape Cod, Massachusetts just a few weeks prior, where all but one of the boat’s crew was lost in an attempt to save others in distress. The caption notes that “…over forty thousand dollars had already been raised for the families of the brave men, which shows the appreciation the people have for the brave men….” (VG+). $58 net.