Title
Preview
Source
Albert Davies Photographs (SPC_021_0928_scrapbook_6_00003).
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.
Note: Image was revised in October 2021. The previous image was scanned by that National Archives at College Park and is from National Archives and Records Administration (RG 95-GP-4911, Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History).
Repository
Eastern Washington University Archives and Special Collections.
Rights
No known restrictions.
Keywords
hang up; parachute; timber jump
