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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
1-1-1939
Date Information
1939
Imaging Information
The photograph was scanned at the National Archives branch in College Park, Maryland.
Description
Jumper Dick Tuttle models an Eagle parachute while sitting on a fence. He holds the rip cord for the main parachute on his back. This photograph was taken during the smokejumping experiments in Winthrop, Washington in 1939.
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No known restrictions.
Keywords
rip cord; backpack; Tuttle, Dick
