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Snow Cruiser in Life Magazine, 1939

 Collection
Identifier: 031.02.06

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

Language of Materials

Records are in English.

Collection Size

1 Item

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.

Provenance

Formerly 1998.124

Processor

Catherine Bruck, University Archivist

Creator

Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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