Snow Cruiser in Life Magazine, 1939
Collection
Identifier: 031.02.06
Description of the Collection
Issue of Life magazine from Nov. 13, 1939 with one-page article (pg. 28), "Giant Snow Cruiser Comes to Grief in Ohio Cow Pasture," citing problems encountered on its trial run from Chicago to Boston; includes four photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1939
Creator
- Time, inc. (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records are in English.
Biographical Note
The Snow Cruiser was an experimental vehicle built in 1939 by Armour Research Foundation for use by Adm. Byrd on his third Antarctic Expedition.
Full Extent
1 Item
Provenance
Formerly 1998.124
Processor
Catherine Bruck, University Archivist
Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository