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Demonstrates non-sinkable ship to members of Congress. Adam T. Drekolias, of New York, demonstrating to members of the House Naval Affairs Committee, February 24th, his invention which he claims will keep any ship from sinking, no matter how badly damaged. The invention is a collapsible chamber designed to ? air in the hull of a disabled vessel, even if a ship were completely filled with water. He claims the device would keep its upper deck above the surface, giving the crew a chance for their lives until rescuers arrived. Mr. Drekolias is shown on the left in the photograph
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A group of men standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
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On sleeve: Watch Your Credit Line; copyright by Harris & Ewing.
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Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch seven.
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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