Title

Tree landing

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 lands in the canopy of a tree, known as a tree landing. The parachute is draped over the top of a tree. This is part of smokejumping experiments in Winthrop, Washington in 1939.

Rights

No known restrictions.

Keywords

parachute; timber jump; hang up

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