32136. (lot 2 large glass plate negatives) American Life Saving Society Campsite c.1910.
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32136. (lot 2 large glass plate negatives) American Life Saving Society Campsite c.1910.
- (lot 2 large glass plate negatives) American Life Saving Society Campsite c.1910. 6 ¾” x 8 ¾”. Two wonderful large, clear images show unbelievable details of the men and equipment at an American Life Saving Society encampment. The American Life Saving Society was organized in 1907. In March of that year, Philadelphia newspapers reported that the society began in a small room in the Tribune building in that city. The society was the idea of Edward C. Brennan, a former Brooklyn Assemblyman and formerly General Superintendent of the U.S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps. The society was incorporated to save life wherever possible on land and on water, and to prolong life by preventing disease and accident. The aims of the society were to not only save persons from drowning, but more. Also to save persons from fires, leaky steamboats, runaway horses, unsanitary conditions, factory machinery, etc. Citizens were to be taught by special squads of volunteers how to swim, how to pasteurize milk, stop runaway horses, detect bad smells, etc. Factories were to be inspected to see if machinery is a menace to humane life, steamboats inspected, etc. Medical Bureaus were to be organized with corps of physicians to teach first aid, hygene, sanitation and resuscitation from drowning. They were to teach local firemen, police, teachers in schools, the National Guard and more. Some paid inspectors were to visit factories and steamboats, and organized life-saving crews were set up along the shorelines. Instructors were to teach swimming and how to manage boats. These efforts were to hopefully extend to other states and across the country. The organization was set up to include officers (Colonel, Captain, Commodore, State Superintendents, Quartermaster, etc.) Negatives have superb detail and will make amazing prints. Rare look into this little-known life-saving organization. (VG+). $110.