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[Ejection seat test from Douglas B-66 Destroyer aircraft]
Photograph of an ejection seat test from a Douglas B-66 Destroyer aircraft, circa 1960s-1970s. Part of a series of images showing the seat's ejection from the aircraft, the parachute deployment, and the seat's descent and landing.
[Ejection seat test from Douglas B-66 Destroyer aircraft]
Photograph of an ejection seat test from a Douglas B-66 Destroyer aircraft, circa 1960s-1970s. Part of a series of images showing the seat's ejection from the aircraft, the parachute deployment, and the seat's descent and landing.
[Ejection seat test from Douglas B-66 Destroyer aircraft]
Photograph of an ejection seat test from a Douglas B-66 Destroyer aircraft, circa 1960s-1970s. Part of a series of images showing the seat's ejection from the aircraft, the parachute deployment, and the seat's descent and landing.
[Burning observation balloon and parachutes descending to ground]
Photograph of a burning observation balloon and parachutes descending to the ground, circa 1914-1918. The parachutes have been circled in white.Inscription on album page: "Burning baloon [sic] and paraschutes [sic]."Part of Album One from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.
[Parachute landing in field]
Photograph of a parachute landing in a field, circa 1918.
[Parachute below observation balloon]
Photograph of a parachute below an observation balloon, circa 1918.
Back the attack! / Buy war bonds
Poster of a serviceman holding a machine gun as parachutes descend above him, circa 1940s. Text: "Back the attack! / Buy war bonds."
Parachute successfully used by German Flyers [Composite photograph]
Composite photograph showing how German pilots utilize parachutes, circa 1918.Typed caption: "Parachute successfully used by German Flyers."
[Servicemen parachuting to ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells]
Photograph of two servicemen parachuting to the ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells, circa 1918. Included caption: "French Observation balloon which has been hit by German shells, coming down in flames; balloonists are descending in parachutes."Inscription: "SC95887."Embossed in corner: "Signal Corps U.S. Army."
[Servicemen parachuting to ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells]
Photograph of two servicemen parachuting to the ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells, circa 1918. Inscription on verso: "Hat, musette bag, A.S. Insignia, Soap, toothpaste, comb, boots + shoe brush + polish, pen + paper, magazines, cable, gloves. [Sy?] Powell and French Lt Couney Doron."