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Metadata
Title |
28 Foot Forest Service Parachute and Bag |
Object Name |
Parachute |
Catalog Number |
2012.010.003ab |
Description |
28 Foot Forest Service Parachute and Bag ca. 1952 a) Parachute and b) Canvas bag Stenciled on the parachute canvas bag:" USFS, R1, 28 ft." Orange and white parachute panels. Bottom of bag painted red. Between 1945 and 1954, the Forest Service switched to a 28' flat circular with seven foot Derry slots, seven gores apart. These were manufactured by Irvin Parachute Company as Eagle could not keep up with demand during the war. FS-2: Circa 1954. 28' flat circular canopy with "Derrys and Tails;' steering slots and cut out tunnels in the lower portion of the back three gores. The canopies did not have the usual row of zigzag stitching 8" above the skirt. Photographed |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Year Range to |
1954 |
Dimensions |
H-24 Dia-11 inches |
Subjects |
Parachute Smokejumpers |
Search Terms |
Smokejumpers |
Catalog date |
2012-03-24 |
Collection |
Anonymous |