Series II: United States Coast Guard Photographs

Series II shows many New York-area locations of Coast Guard actions; the Hudson River, the Manhattan Beach USCG Station, a USCG Mooring Base on Travers Island in Pelham, NY, and the Statue of Liberty are all pictured. Photographs also highlight the Coast Guard Pharmacists Mates School at Columbia College of Pharmacy, the Coast Guard Hospital Corps, and the Coast Guard Training Academy in New London, CT. Implements such as lighthouses, ice cutters, and fireboats are common scenes in the photos. A photo of journalist Ernie Pyle is in Folder 19.