Shafer Historical Museum
Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
North Cascades Smokejumper Base. Part of the Base's experimental work was to see how a parachute would 'act' landing in a tree (Ponderosa pint in this case). Francis Lufkin was hired to climb and retrieve the parachutes. He later became the NCSB manager. |
Catalog Number |
2018.061.044 |
Collection |
Wild Fires |
Search Terms |
smoke jumpers airplanes parachutes wildfires forest |
People |
Lufkin, Francis |
Subjects |
US Forest Service trees |
Classification |
Disasters/Fires |
Date |
09/08/2020 |