CELEBRITY & MASCOT IMAGES FROM THE U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY RECORDS COLLECTION

All images courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary with known photographer name cited.

1. Robert Wagner, star of the television show Hart to Hart, is shown here with a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary placing a decal onto a boat.
   
   
   
2. News Journalist Walter Cronkite being named Honorary National Commodore in 1977 by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
   
   
   
3. Colonel Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken founder, speaking to Coast Guard Auxiliary members.
   
   
   
4. Actor Leif Erickson (fourth from left) with his fellow Coast Guard Auxiliarists.
   
   
   
5. Actors Preston Foster (second from left) and Lloyd Bridges (center) share the spotlight at the 11st District Conference in 1960. Bridges is holding up an “Honorary Commodore” certificate.  On the far left is Chief Director Capt. Richard Baxter and on the far right is National Commodore, Bliss Woodward.
   
   
   
6. Actress Cybill Shepherd with Coast Guard Auxiliary members, Bert VeRelle and Richard Wise at Marina Del Rey, CA.
   
   
   
7. Pictured on the left is actress Angel Tompkins, the Coast Guard’s “Ambassador of Safe Boating,” promoting courtesy boat examinations which the Coast Guard Auxiliary gives each year. She is holding a “Seal of Safety” decal which indicates that a boat that has undergone examination meets all federal and state safety requirements, as well as the standards of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
   
   
   
8. President Jimmy Carter shown here on the Coast Guard boat for the Presidential Support Mission held in 1979. Photo by Ruth Walsh.
   
   
   
9. Actress Helen Hayes with IPC, Commodore Frank Pacztornicky at the OPS SAIL 1986 on Governors Island, N.Y. Photo by John Hastion.
   
   
   
10. William Conrad, actor from the hit television show Jake and the Fat Man, is shown here demonstrating the wearing of a life jacket.
    
    
    
11. “Commodore” Lloyd Bridges of the Coast Guard Auxiliary is seen here with friends urging all boaters to take a Coast Guard Auxiliary boating course. The Coast Guard Auxiliary stresses the importance of boating safety and they urge sea-goers to participate in the boating courses that the Auxiliary conduct each year.
    
    
    
12. President Richard Nixon is shown here with Coast Guard members.  Photo by Clarence Albecker.
    
    
    
13. Picture of the 1959 District Conference held in Las Vegas. Among those in attendance are actors Lloyd Bridges (first on left), Preston Foster (seated right of podium) and actress Sheila Darcy (seated right of Foster). Photo by Clarence Albecker.
    
    
    
14. Jim Harris as the Coast Guard Auxiliary mascot, “Safety Seal” standing next to Pat Swope and Lyle Swope at the District Conference in 1979.
    
    
    
15. Panda Bears, the official Coast Guard mascots, on a Coast Guard boat wearing Coast Guard Auxiliary vests.
    
    
    
16. Disney’s Donald Duck with a Coast Guard Auxiliary member.
    
    
    
17. Disney’s Mickey Mouse standing on a boat with a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
    
    
    
18. Disney’s Donald, Mickey and Goofy on a dock promoting a Coast Guard Auxiliary boating class.
    
    
    
19. Disney’s Goofy, Donald and Mickey shown here with some kids and an Auxiliary member promoting the Coast Guard Auxiliary boating class.
    
    
    
20. During World War II, the Disney Studios produced logos for the U.S. armed forces to help with the war effort. This logo shown here was designed for the U.S. Coast Guard. The nickname “Corsair Fleet” was given to thousands of CG and CGR craft that patrolled the coast watching for U-boats and saboteurs.  Image courtesy of the National Archives.