| Title |
Firing of a 105 mm recoilless rifle by the U.S. Forest Service for avalanche control, near Alta Ski Area. The photograph is blurred due to the concussion. |
| Photo Number |
P0393n1_13_20 |
| Description |
Photo shows the firing of a 105 mm recoilless rifle by the U.S. Forest Service for avalanche control, near Alta Ski Area, Utah, 1956 |
| Date |
1956 |
| Textual Date |
1956 |
| Creator |
Safran, Robert L., 1924-2002 |
| Keywords |
Utah; Ski Archives; Natural Disasters; Avalanches; U.S. Forest Service |
| Subject |
Avalanches--Control--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Recoilless rifles--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Alta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah) |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0393 Avalanches Photograph Collection |
| Relation is Part of |
Ski and Snow Sports Archives |
| Holding Institution |
Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Donated By/Purchased From |
National Forest Service |
| Rights |
 |
| Type |
Image |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6s47b2q |
| Setname |
uum_map_usa |
| ID |
937344 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s47b2q |
