• Life Jacket from '38 hurricane rescue
    Life jacket from '38 hurricane left
Life Jacket from '38 hurricane rescue
Life Jacket from '38 hurricane rescue
Life Jacket from '38 hurricane rescue
Life Jacket from '38 hurricane rescue
Life Jacket from '38 hurricane rescue

Life Jacket from '38 hurricane rescue

Madison Historical Society
1938 (Date manufactured/created)
Cotton, Wood
Khaki canvas life vest with 8 wooden blocks sewn together. Canvas forms arm / shoulder straps. Vest is tied on with webbed belting. Stamped inspection label on one block, information on Provenance written on blocks by Allen Miller. On the afternoon of September 21, 1938, Madison teenager Allan Miller and three of his friends braved the torrential downpour and 115 mph winds to check out the conditions on the beach off Seaview Avenue. The group was surprised to see a man emerging from the waves wearing two lifejackets, and ran to help. Captain William Swift was one of 18 survivors of a menhaden fishing boat which had floundered in the Long Island Sound. 7 other members of the crew perished. See flic.kr/p/zDqoGA for more about the hurricane's consequences to Madison.
H: 19 3/4".
96.37