Creator

Albert Davies

Preview

image 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

Image

Creation Date

1-1-1939

Date Information

1939

Imaging Information

The photograph was scanned at the National Archives branch in College Park, Maryland.

Description

A jumper deploys his parachute above a forest. The parachute extends above and has yet to open. This photograph was taken during smokejumping experiments in Winthrop, Washington in 1939.

Rights

No known restrictions.

Keywords

pilot chute; deployment; canopy; shroud lines; timber jump

Share

 
COinS