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WAACs. In order to save themselves, as well as others who face the peril of shipwreck at sea, members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps undergo an intensive training course at Daytona Beach, Florida. They learn to become proficient swimmers, but more than that, to rescue less fortunate ones and to employ emergency methods when they lack or lose life boats. These WAACS swim across the pool, using their inflated barracks bags as giant water wings

WAACs. In order to save themselves, as well as others who face the per...

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[Fighting on an island after a shipwreck - Dutch East Indies - 16--]

[Fighting on an island after a shipwreck - Dutch East Indies - 16--]

Illus. in: Francois Pelsaert, Ongeluckige Voyagie Van't Schip Batavia ... 1648, facing p. 14 - fold-out plate. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Geogr.; Shipwrecks.

Total destruction of the Democratic platform / terrible shipwreck and loss of life in Salt River

Total destruction of the Democratic platform / terrible shipwreck and ...

Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

Telegram from Anna Spafford to Horatio Gates Spafford re being "Saved alone" among her traveling party in the  shipwreck of the Ville du Havre
[Crumpled glider wrecked by the wind on Hill of the Wreck (named after a shipwreck)]

[Crumpled glider wrecked by the wind on Hill of the Wreck (named after...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Group of survivors of the Titanic disaster aboard the Carpathia after being rescued]

[Group of survivors of the Titanic disaster aboard the Carpathia after...

J169604 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain image of a passenger ship, ocean liner, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Images showing a shipwreck and people in a boat sailing toward the wreck]

[Images showing a shipwreck and people in a boat sailing toward the wr...

Illus. opposite p. 10. Illus. in: Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrandsz. Ovrnael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse..., Hoorn : Ghedruckt by I. Willemsz, 1646. "No. 2" upper right corner. This r... More

Shipwreck of the DEGRAVE, East Indiaman

Shipwreck of the DEGRAVE, East Indiaman

Ship breaking up in heavy surf; natives watching from beach. Illus. in: Daniel Defoe, The Adventures of Robert Trury, 1807, opp. title page. Reference copy may be in LOT 4701. This record contains unverified, o... More

The shipwreck. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The shipwreck. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A Whig vision of the rout of Van Buren in the presidential election of 1840. In a stormy sea Van Buren grasps the mast (labeled "Maine") of a foundering vessel "O.K." (the initials for "Old Kinderhook," a Van ... More

Extracts from the prologue of The Shipwreck, a poem, comprising 160 verses by George W. Draper. [n. p. n. d.].

Extracts from the prologue of The Shipwreck, a poem, comprising 160 ve...

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[Robinson Crusoe in canoe rowing towards shipwreck]

[Robinson Crusoe in canoe rowing towards shipwreck]

Title devised by cataloger. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1982:125.42). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Robinson Crusoe, Chapt. XXI, p. 275.

Shipwreck - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Shipwreck - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Maryland youth breaks pole sitting record. William Ruppert, 14-year-old youth of Colgate, Maryland, as he appeared atop the flag pole in the yard of his home yesterday after breaking the pole sitting record of 23 days set by Shipwreck Kelly. Young Ruppert who started his sitting on August 1, has worn out three pairs of trousers so far. He says he expects to stay up 30 days more. The pole is 18 feet high

Maryland youth breaks pole sitting record. William Ruppert, 14-year-ol...

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