Index of authors whose papers or addresses have appeared in volumes I to XXXV, inclusive, of the Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society
Armstrong Cork Company. Arthur R. Lamparter, 912 North Queen Street, Lancaster, employee of Armstrong's Lancaster Floor Plant, preparing to test chute for Eagle Parachute Corporation.
"Smoke jumper" descends to a forest fire at the rate of about 12 feet per second. He grasps the front risers to slip the 'chute and descend faster, so that he will land closer to his objective. From Eagle Parachute Corporation materials.
Chet Derry coming in to land within 70 feet of the target on open ridge near Black Pine Lake. Note right guide line and lobe still being held down. Chelan National Forest, Washington. Taken by Walter Anderson - November 1939." From Eagle Parachute Corporation materials.
First Army Maneuvers in the Carolinas... The air is filled with parachutists in an attack on Pope Field, Fort Bragg, North Carolina In the forgeground, a trooper has already landed, and is running toward a chite which he sees coming down beraing fighting equipment.
Provenance
Gift of Robert Knoll. From Eagle Parachute Corporation materials.
Eagle Parachute Corporation Annual Banquet held at Arcadia Hall, Lancaster,1943. Identified at the head table are, left to right : ?, Rev. Harvey Swanson, Robert E. Knoll, C. J. Follmer, James Van Buskirk and Arthur Lamparter.
