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A photo of Station Pea Island
190515-G-G0000-3002.JPG Photo By: U.S. Coast Guard

na - Station Pea Island, North Carolina USLSS Station #17, Sixth District Coast Guard Station #177 Captain Richard Etheridge and his Pea Island Life-Saving Station crew in 1896. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of a U.S. Life-Saving Station and he commanded the only all African-American crew in the U.S. Etheridge is on the far left. No official caption/photo number/date; probably 1896.


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