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Historic Images of Life Saving Stations

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Newburyport, Massachusetts
Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts lifesaving crew and station.

While the Humane Society crews, like volunteer firemen today, lived at home and responded to emergencies on a case-by-case basis, the men of the USLSS bunked at their station and worked full-time — or for ten months of the year, anyway. 

From: Heroes of the Life Saving Stations | Summer 2026, Volume: 71, No: 3

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