The Illustrated London News, Saturday, March 11, 1843
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1843Description
Page from The Illustrated London News with a letter to the editor describing a sea-parachute, or life-umbrella designed to save people from drowning in shipwrecks. An accompanying illustration shows a man leaving the scene of a shipwreck using the device. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/780
Subject
Shipwrecks in art, Inventions, Parachutes, The Illustrated London News