1086. VOLUNTEER LIFE SAVING CORPS. OF NEW YORK AND INLAND WATERS. April 27,1895
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1086. VOLUNTEER LIFE SAVING CORPS. OF NEW YORK AND INLAND WATERS. April 27,1895
1086. (document) VOLUNTEER LIFE SAVING CORPS. OF NEW YORK AND INLAND WATERS. April 27,1895. Letter with envelope on official U.S. V. L. S. C. stationery includes lovely vignette of volunteer life-savers instructing bathers, as well as a second on the envelope of the Corps.’ membership badge. The U. S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps. existed in a number of states and was an early supplement to the U. S. Life-Saving Service in some areas, manning lifeboats and providing life-saving services on the coast and on inland waters. The Service maintained branches in 15 states where there were no stations of the Government Life-Saving Service or the Humane Society. They state that the Corps was intended as an auxiliary to the U. S. Life Saving Service. States where stations existed include New York , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Michigan , Illinois , Missouri , Wisconsin , Indiana , Delaware , Maryland , and California . Information and awards of this service are exceptionally scarce and this has become an interesting collection area. Offered is an interesting early form letter (8” x 10 ½”) and envelope from President J. Wesley Jones, requesting listings of needed supplies, membership rosters. Document is clean, crisp, with original folds. Envelope postmarked May 3, 1895. Stamp has been cut from envelope, otherwise intact, light soiling. (VG-). $134.