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NAHANT HARBOR REVIEW • JULY 2009 • Page 18 Summer In Nahant A collaboration of old photographs, letters and memories of those who lived and resorted on this seaside peninsula before us. U.S. LIFE-SAVING STATION Nahant, Massachusetts “A rehabilitation project of the Nahant Preservation Trust” YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO NAHANT HISTORY Immortalize Your Photos of the Life-Saving Station Think about those family photo albums that go back a generation, or two, or that box in the attic with all those “pre-digital” family photos, you’ve been meaning to get organized. Some of those photos will show the Nahant Coast Guard Station, or Station crewmembers doing their work, or marching in a parade. Maybe your family even posed with them. These photos can be very helpful to the restoration of the Life-Saving Station (that’s what it was called before today’s Coast Guard was invented in 1915). The Nahant Preservation Trust will be starting restoration work on the main building at the Station, soon. And while that’s going on, we’ll be working on designing the displays that we’ll use to show the place off, to visitors once the construction is done. These materials will help people understand how the Life-Saving Station came to be, how it worked and how it looked through its history. For example, many of us know about the surfboats and breeches buoys, but did you know that Nahant’s Station had an amphibious DUKW, at one point in its history, a lot like the Boston Duckboats! Somebody out there must have a picture of a child in their family, snapped on board that thing!! These days, with the ease and economics of digital photos, we can all have our cake and eat it, too. If you have good photos, you can do the Station some good and still keep those photos. We would like to make a digital scan of your photos, then we’ll give ‘em right back to you. That means your photos will be in our collection of the history of the Life-Saving Station. Part of the material will be worked into displays that will help visitors absorb the rich history of the Station. If you find some photos that show the Coast Guard Station in the frame (whether it was called Coast Guard Station, or Life- Saving Station at the time), then please give Robert Wilson a call at (617) 312-5491. He’ll arrange to meet with you — probably at the Nahant Community Center on Valley Road — and make a quick scan of your photos and give ‘em right back. You can also check in via the internet, at http:// www.nahantpreservationtrust.org. Of course, the Historical Society already has some valuable materials about the Station, but we want to be sure we don’t miss the “undiscovered gold” still hidden in Nahant’s attics. Photos: Top: A Nahant Life-Saving Station boat crew, circa 1910-20, with Little Nahant in background. Center: An early postcard depicting how the Station looked just following its construction. Notice the little building to the right, the original garage, that was removed and replaced with the current structure. Bottom: Picture of how the station looked in the 1950s. In 1915, the U.S. Life-Saving Service was changed to the U.S. Coast Guard. If you have something you would like to share, or an idea for this page, please email the author, Bumper Gooding, at h.gooding2008@gmail.com
NAHANT HARBOR REVIEW • JULY 2009 • Page 19 Nahant Life-Saving Station Preserve the past, promote the future. Photos: Above: A rare early 1900s advertisment calendar depicting a water rescue in progress by a long-ago Nahant Life- Saving Station crew. Bottom, left: A negative of the 35’ crew boat that was stationed at the United States Coast Guard Station in the 1960s. Bottom, right: A photo of the Life-Saving Station taken on 9-11. Notice the flag at half-mast. All photos are from the private collection of the author.
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