1951 Press Photo Dr. Herbert W. Adams, Lois A. Smith and sand blaster, New York

A miniature sand blaster, which may someday displace the electric drill, was handled by Dr. Herbert W. Adams, 94, a dentist-physician from Boston, at a dentists' convention in New York. Lois A. Smith, a student dental hygienist, played the patient.

Photo is dated 1951.

Photo measures 7.25 x 7.25 inches.