File:Simon Lake and his invention off Pennfield Reef. Bridgeport Harbor, Conn 1919.jpg

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Caption: "SUBMARINE IS INVENTED TO SALVAGE SHIPS An invention that is expected to reclaim 65 percent of the $6,000,000,000 worth of ships and cargo loss during the war was successfully demonstrated. Simon Lake, the inventor of the salvaging submarine gave his demonstration August Ist, off Pennfield Reef. Bridgeport Harbor, Conn. Ruth Byers of a New York newspaper made the trip thru the tube with the inventor. Upper insert: Simon Lake. Lower insert: Ruth Buyers (sic.)."

Mrs. Ruth Byers Heed (birth est. 1849, died 1919). A reporter for The New York American and a feature writer for the Hearst papers from 1914 to 1919. reference
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Source Wood County reporter. , August 28, 1919, Image 1
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