VOLUME 20 No

Historic Nantucket

Captain Joseph Winslow at the Surfside Life Saving Station. The first of such government stations on Nantucket was opened in 1874. Captain Winslow, a veteran whale master, was the first keeper. He is shown garbed in a newly-designed life-saving suit made of guttapercha, which was not popular in the service.

ANNUAL REPORTS NUMBER

JULY, 1972

Published Quarterly by NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS