Front:
U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. Using the Breeches Buoy.
Back:
OVLSO
0621NTTIAVILA 9021
ACT
CO8-PM
1908
SILVIS (KULINA
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series NO 2424,"V. S. Life Saving Service."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN,
Mrs Emma Riley
to Loth Silk Mill
Norwalk B
USING THE BREECHES BUOY. When the Life-
Savers cannot reach a stranded ship with their life boat or
surf boat, the favorite method of bringing the imperiled persons
ashore is by means of the breeches buoy, patterned after the
familiar type of life preserver, and fitting under the arms
with a depending support for the body; it is suspended from
a trolley that runs on a rope cableway, and is pulled back
and forth by a second rope attached to it.
