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[Card certifying proficiency in life saving and water safety (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1939 - used in 1942)].

Grace Darling rowing out to sea in a furious storm. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after C.J. Staniland.

A child being rescued from a shipwreck, two women are in the sea about to be rescued by a boat. Stipple engraving by A. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon.

Martha Gunn, a Brighton bather holding a small child that she has just saved from drowning. Coloured engraving by W. Nutter, 1797, after J. Russell.

Important recommendations to rescuers / Royal Life Saving Society.

A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.

Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

Czar Alexander of Russia offers his handkerchief as bandage to a man rescued from drowning. Stipple engraving by J. Girtin, 1806.

A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.

A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Watercolour by R. Smirke.

The value of life and charitable institutions : a discourse delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at their semi-annual meeting, June 11th, 1805. ... / By Thomas Gray, minister of the Church of Christ on Jamaica Plain, Roxbury.

Bulletin de la Société française de sauvetage : assemblée générale du 7 Décembre 1884.

Applications of anaesthesia in physiological research.

A discourse, before the Humane Society, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, June 14, 1808 / By Thomas Danforth.

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Lifesaving

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The value of life and charitable institutions : a discourse delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at their semi-annual meeting, June 11th, 1805. ... / By Thomas Gray, minister of the Church of Christ on Jamaica Plain, Roxbury.

Bulletin de la Société française de sauvetage : assemblée générale du 7 Décembre 1884.

Applications of anaesthesia in physiological research.

A discourse, before the Humane Society, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, June 14, 1808 / By Thomas Danforth.

Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

Lifesaving

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Images referencing Lifesaving

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The value of life and charitable institutions : a discourse delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at their semi-annual meeting, June 11th, 1805. ... / By Thomas Gray, minister of the Church of Christ on Jamaica Plain, Roxbury.

Bulletin de la Société française de sauvetage : assemblée générale du 7 Décembre 1884.

Applications of anaesthesia in physiological research.

A discourse, before the Humane Society, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, June 14, 1808 / By Thomas Danforth.

Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

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