Firefighting

Photos

Firefighters at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 23 June - 4 July 2005, Washington, DC. Featured smokejumpers (including ex-jumpers) include:

• Kelly Esterbrook, Bend , Oregon (RAC)
• Steve Reed, Victor , Montana (MSO)
• Keith Wolferman, Missoula , Montana (MSO)
• Tim Eldridge, Missoula , Montana (MSO)
• Bob McCarl, Boise , Idaho (RAC)
• Kim Maynard, Arlington , Virginia (MSO)

Additional firefighters -- and non-firefighters -- also are pictured. You are free to use these images as long as you credit the photographer, Nick Sundt.

Other Images

Prairie Bluffs Burning
1832
George Catlin
oil on canvas
11 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (28.6 x 36.7 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
1985.66.375

Prairie Meadows Burning
1832
George Catlin
oil on canvas
11 x 14 1/8 in. (27.8 x 35.9 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
1985.66.374

Interviews

• Interview of Smokejumper David "Skinny" Beals, recorded at the the Redmond Air Center Mess Hall on 1 July 1981. The interview begins with second-year Redmond jumper Charlie Bragdon; and freelance photographer Bruce Van Voorhis. They later are joined by a third interviewer, second-year Redmond jumper Nick Sundt. The interview originally was recorded on 30 minute cassette tapes. These were converted to a set of 5 separate audio files and then merged into a single 2.5 hour file (there are short pauses separating the five original audio segments):
  • Real Media streaming audio: Listen to the interview
  • MP3 files (listen to them online or download them)
    • Full interview [206 Mb]
    • Part A [42 Mb]
    • Part B [41 Mb]
    • Part C [42 Mb]
    • Part D [40 Mb]
    • Part E [42 Mb]. This segment includes Skinny's famous July 1956 jump with "Lighthorse Harry" on the Gifford Pinchot.
  • If you want a CD of the interview (containing the above MP3 files), contact