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Admiral Richard Byrd, Thomas Poulter, and the Snow Cruiser crew, 1939

Illinois Institute of Technology

1939

Photograph of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser crew (Left to right: Sargent Felix Ferranto, Dr. F. Alton Wade, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, CPO Charls Meyer, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter) in front of one of the... Show morePhotograph of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser crew (Left to right: Sargent Felix Ferranto, Dr. F. Alton Wade, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, CPO Charls Meyer, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter) in front of one of the Snow Cruiser's ten-foot-tall Goodyear tires. The Snow Cruiser was designed by Armor Research Foundation Scientific Director Thomas C. Poulter, constructed by ARF, and taken on Richard Byrd's third Antarctic expedition. This photograph originally appeared in the December 1939 issue of the Armor Engineer and Alumnus. Photographer unknown. Show less

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Poulter, Thomas Charles, 1897-1978
Wade, F. Alton (Franklin Alton), 1903-1978
Armor Research Foundation (U.S.)
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration
Antarctic expeditions
All terrain vehicles

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http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1010270

0360401-BB-22-003

Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

036.04.01, Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999, Box BB, Folder 22, University Archives and Special Collections, Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology.

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