Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, US Life-saving Service, with the caption: "Louisa Coutant is entertaining her grandchildren Virginia and Ralph C. "Bob" Willits at the Mosquito Lagoon House of Refuge. The date of the photograph is probably 1911, judging by the ages of the children. Samuel Coutant retired from the U.S. Life-Saving Service the following year. Note the recently added upper-story bank of windows."
Vehicles drive near the railroad tracks at Colorado Avenue, navigating around a cylindrical lane indicator. Ulmer Motors car dealership on the left and George Snell Tile & Supply Co. seen on the right, advertising the "best jalousies screens made."
