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Pete Peterson rubber rescue tube
Image Not Available for Pete Peterson rubber rescue tube

Pete Peterson rubber rescue tube

ClassificationsEquipment
Object numberEQ.68
DescriptionPeterson first "invented the galvanized rescue flotation device, resembling a small buoy, which evolved into the modern rubber rescue tube" Matt Warshaw. This is the device Lifeguards still use today.
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