Coast Guard Crew, 1935

Coast Guard Crew, 1935

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.

Aerial view of flooding off Coast Guard Point

Aerial view of flooding off Coast Guard Point

North Superior Station in 1928. Aerial view of flooding of Coast Guard Pt.

Coast Guard crewmen at North Superior Station

Coast Guard crewmen at North Superior Station

Coast Guard crewmen preparing for practice in a surfboat at North Superior Station 1938.

Station North Superior

Station North Superior

Station North Superior in the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the Coast Guard Station at Grand Marais.

Coast Guard surf boat

Coast Guard surf boat

Coast Guard surf boat at North Superior station.

North Superior Coast Guard Station

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.

CCC-ID first aid class

CCC-ID first aid class

A CCC-ID first aid class at Red Lake Agency, 1939.

Influenza masks and bag

Influenza masks and bag

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.

Influenza awareness poster

Influenza awareness poster

Image is a poster with guidance on how to prevent the spread of influenza by droplets sprayed from nose and throat, date unknown.

Influenza awareness poster

Influenza awareness poster

An influenza awareness poster showing a Red Cross nurse with a gauze mask over her nose and mouth, 1918.

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