Creator

David P. Godwin

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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

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