Drew House, 1997
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PG 250: Arlington's Changing Scene, 1997-2019 ; PG 250: Arlington's Changing Scene, 1997-2019 » Series 1: Neighborhood Exhibit, Library, 1997 » File 1250-01-01-0657
Drew House. 2505 1st Street South. This house is the home of the African American Drew family. Dr. Charles R. Drew lived here from 1920 to 1939. Dr. Drew was a surgeon who developed techniques for processing and storing blood plasma for use in transfusions. Until the eve of World War II the concept of the blood bank, storing and preserving donated blood until needed, was a theoretical concept only. Dr Drew gave the idea its first clinical application and showed it could be successful.
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm.
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