Coast Guard boat breaking through the ice, ca. 1934

Coast Guard boat breaking through the ice, ca. 1934
  • MMN Item 79355
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Description

A crowd of locals stand at the end of the Jameson & Wotton Wharf to watch the Coast Guard boat cut its way through the ice. It was here to make Friendship harbor navigable during a cold winter freeze. The two onlookers in the foreground are probably standing on the ice, not the shore.

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