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‘Practicing a Perilous Task’
PopularBy: William E. Hitchcock, Mark A. Sutherland - Surfmen of the United States Life Saving Service (USLSS) c. 1890. Shown setting up the breeches-buoy apparatus...

‘Ready, Aim, Fire’
PopularBy: William E. Hitchcock - U.S. One-gun Revenue cutter of 80 tons, c.1815. Automated center pivot gun swivels and recoils, via manual levers attached to...

Rattlesnake
PopularBy: William E. Hitchcock Illustrious 20-gun Salem, Massachusetts privateer was constructed by maverick naval architect John Peck as a ‘miniature frigate’ at Plymouth between 1779...