Vintage post card image of the United States Life Saving Service’s Frankfort Life Saving Station. The crew members of the life saving station and the lighthouse keepers often socialized together and created friendships that lasted for years. In 1915 the United States Life Saving Service and the United States Revenue Cutter Service were merged to create the United States Coast Guard. (Lighthouse Digest archives.)
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