Title
Preview
Source
National Archives and Records Administration (RG 95-GP-4911, Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History).
Document Type
Article
Creation Date
1939
Date Information
1939
Imaging Information
The photograph was scanned at the National Archives branch in College Park, Maryland.
Description
A jumper deploys his parachute in a test jump over a forest as part of smokejumping experiments in Winthrop, Washington in 1939. The photograph is taken from an airplane above the jumper.
Rights
No known restrictions.
Keywords
parachute deployment; practice jump; parachute
