Avalanche expert Monty Atwater with 105mm recoilless rifle used for avalanche control

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Title Avalanche expert Monty Atwater with 105mm recoilless rifle used for avalanche control
Photo Number P0418n3_02_27
Description Photo shows avalanche expert Monty Atwater doing avalanche control with a recoilless rifle
Keywords Utah; Ski Archives; Skis and skiing; Little Cottonwood Canyon; Ski resorts; Alta; Natural disasters; Avalanches; Men; Artillery
Subject Atwater, Montgomery M. (Montgomery Meigs)--Photographs; Avalanches--Control--Photographs; Alta (Utah)--Photographs
Additional Information See MS ACCN 1573
Spatial Coverage Alta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Collection Number and Name P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection
Collection Name Wilburn and Jean Pickett
Relation is Part of Ski and Snow Sports Archives
Date 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Textual Date Circa 1940s
Original Source N/A
Donated By/Purchased From These photographs were donated to the University of Utah by David and Christine Pickett.
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6cr6g5t
Setname uum_map_usa
ID 960405
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cr6g5t
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