Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Shows man with a breeches buoy, a rope-based device to rescue people from wrecked ships. Image related to the rescue of soldiers returning from World War I from the S.S. Northern Pacific, which ran aground off Fire Island, Long Island, New York on January 1, 1919. Cameras can be seen on the shore.
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