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 parachute hangs in the branches of a tree during experimental tests important to the development of smokejumping in Winthrop, Washington in 1939.
Rights
No known restrictions.
Keywords
parachute, let down, timber jump
