The Snow Cruiser on the Cherry Valley Turnpike in New York, 1939

Photograph of the Armor Research Foundation's Antarctic Snow Cruiser on the Cherry Valley Turnpike east of Cazenovia, New York, during the trip between Chicago and the Boston Army Wharf, the Snow Cruiser's departure point for Antarctica. The Snow Cruiser was designed by Armor Research Foun...

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Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 1939
Subjects:
Armor Research Foundation (U.S.)
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration
Antarctic expeditions
All terrain vehicles
Antarctic
Cruiser
Departure Point
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1010268
http://repository.iit.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3A1010268/datastream/TN/view/The%20Snow%20Cruiser%20on%20the%20Cherry%20Valley%20Turnpike%20in%20New%20York,%201939.jpg
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Summary:Photograph of the Armor Research Foundation's Antarctic Snow Cruiser on the Cherry Valley Turnpike east of Cazenovia, New York, during the trip between Chicago and the Boston Army Wharf, the Snow Cruiser's departure point for Antarctica. 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 as part of an advertisement for Economy Fuse and Manufacturing Co. in the December 1939 issue of the Armor Engineer and Alumnus. Photographer unknown.

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