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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
9-1-1939
Date Information
September 1939
Imaging Information
The photograph was scanned at the National Archives branch in College Park, Maryland.
Description
The description on the photograph reads "Parachute jumper Dick Tuttle near top of 100-foot lodgepole pine sang about to be assisted by Forest Guard Francis Lufikin." A parachute hangs high in the pine tree and equipment dangles from the ropes. This photograph was taken during a smokejumper experiment in Winthrop, Washington in 1939.
Rights
No known restrictions.
Keywords
Lufkin, Francis B.; Tuttle, Dick; parachute retrieval
