Coast Guard Crew members, 1935. Pictured are (back row) Dave McGivern, Rusty Rospecka, Roger Tormondson, Alton Berg, Ralph Hanson, and Roger Tormondson; and (front row) Harry Flaherty, Ole Bloomberg, Chief Daniel Magnusson, M. E. Rhea, and Gibson.
The Coast Guard station at Grand Marais was built in 1928 to aid the people who traveled and worked on the sometimes turbulent waters of Lake Superior. Since the opening of the station in 1929, Coast Guard personnel from the station have rescued hundreds of fishermen, boat crews and passengers, and recreational boaters from the lake.
American Red Cross influenza mask bundles and bag. One cloth bag that contains two bundles of gauze influenza masks. Masks were made by Saint Paul Red Cross volunteers at the request of the United States Army for use in Minnesota training camps and by civic leaders for use by the general population during the Spanish influenza pandemic, 1918–1919.