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Group portrait at House of Refuge, 1949

Photograph published in Gilbert's Bar House Of Refuge - Home Of History by Sandra Henderson Thurlow and Deanna Wintercorn Thurlow (p. 66) with the caption "The Segerstroms and friends stand on the porch of the abandoned Coast Guard Station in 1949. From left, Emma Nicholson; Connie Segerstrom and her father, Harry Segerstrom; Robert Whitticar and Edith Segerstrom."

Tags Buildings, Lifesaving stations

House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar, c. 1996

The House of Refuge and Gilbert's Bar.

Tags Buildings, Lifesaving stations

Shipwreck at Gilbert's Bar, c. 1910

The remains of a shipwreck at Gilbert's Bar with the House of Refuge lifesaving station on the right (before dormers were added in 1911).

Tags Beaches, Buildings, Lifesaving stations

Hutchinson Island homestead, 1907

Photograph published in Gilbert's Bar House Of Refuge - Home Of History by Sandra Henderson Thurlow and Deanna Wintercorn Thurlow (p. 7) with the caption "This photograph of the former home of Hiram and Hattie Olds, taken in 1907, shows the native vegetation of Hutchinson Island." Hiram and Hattie Olds owned land around the Gilbert's Bar Coast Guard Station.

Tags Buildings, Dwellings, Landscape photographs

Coast guardsman in uniform, c. 1940

Coast guardsman stands on the Gilbert's Bar Coast Guard Station porch. Guardsman identified as Qurlie Humble in Gilbert's Bar House Of Refuge - Home Of History by Sandra Henderson Thurlow and Deanna Wintercorn Thurlow (p. 61).

Tags Military uniforms

Visitors at Gilbert's Bar station, c. 1940

Harry Segerstrom on the left and right with visiting friend and child from Miami in the middle.

Tags Buildings, Children, Lifesaving stations

Gilbert's Bar Coast Guard sign, c. 1918

Photograph published in Gilbert's Bar House Of Refuge - Home Of History by Sandra Henderson Thurlow and Deanna Wintercorn Thurlow (p. 52) with the caption "A sign with '207,' the number designated to Gilbert's Bar Coast Guard Station, was placed on the dune for the benefit of airplanes. This photograph was probably taken in 1918 when Earl J. Ricou served in the Coast Guard on Hutchinson Island."

Tags Lifesaving stations, Signs (Notices)

Boat house at House of Refuge, c. 1935

Boathouse and pier on the Indian River for the House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar.

Tags Boathouses, Boats, Piers & wharves

Coast Guard crew, c. 1917

Photograph published in Gilbert's Bar House Of Refuge - Home Of History by Sandra Henderson Thurlow and Deanna Wintercorn Thurlow (p. 50) with the caption "Capt. Axel Johansen, at left, stands with his crew at Coast Guard Station 207 in 1917 or 1918. From left, Axel Johansen, W. I. Baker, Lawson Zeigler, Earl J. Ricou, Shelby McCulley, L. J. Walker, Harold Wybrecht, Fred Hall and Veril Silva."

Tags Military uniforms