Photograph, taken from the side, showing five crew guardsmen aboard a United States Coast Guard boat from the Point Adams station. The number 6 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. See related image No. 372A0941. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing five crew guardsmen aboard a United States Coast Guard boat from the Point Adams station. The number 6 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. See related image No. 372A0940.

Photograph showing unidentified people aboard a U. S. Coast Guard motorboat. Written on the negative sleeve is the following unverified text: “Point Adams Lifeguard Station / ‘New motorboat of lifeguard in which Bjelland and his men went out in the gale to the rescue of the Floridian’ / 10/22/1934.” “Bjelland” probably refers to Lars Bjelland, a Coast Guardsman at the Point Adams station. The caption may refer to a storm that occurred the weekend of October 21-22, 1934, which damaged the steamship Floridian. Also see image Nos. 371N0241, 371N5711, 371N5712, 371N5713, and 371N5715.

Crew members of the Italian ship Leme disembarking down a gangplank, after being taken over by the United State Coast guard. Several men carry cloth bags over their shoulders, while men in uniform watch (Coast Guard?). Behind the gangway is ship balcony, where two men in uniform watch the group disembark. The members of the crew were taken into custody after it was discovered that the machinery and navigation equipment of the Leme had been intentionally damaged (negative 2 of 18).

Photograph showing the exterior of the station house at the Point Adams Coast Guard station near Hammond, Oregon. The text “Point Adams / Point Adams CoastGuard Station” and the unverified date “10/22/1934” are written on the negative sleeve. Also see image Nos. 371N0241, 371N5712, 371N5713, 371N5714, and 371N5715.

Photograph showing a two-story building in Bandon. A sign reads “U.S. Coast Guard Coquille Station.” A flag can be seen above the building (negative 5 of 9).

A person raises a set of United States Coast Guard flags in Newport. The arched Yaquina Bay Bridge can be seen behind the flagpole, at the mouth of the Yaquina River (negative 1 of 6).

Members of the Coast Guard Reserve and Air Force training at the Portland Air Base. They stand in front of a large inferno, billowing a plume of smoke, as they use a hose and protective equipment to contain it (negative 1 of 15).