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Front: Charles "Nose Dive" Collins was a parachute jumper with North West Aero Marine Aircraft Collins is pictured here in front of a De Havilland Gypsy Moth (DH60) owned by Northwest Aero Marine Ltd. which existed in western Canada during the late 1920's and early 1930's. Collins set a world parachuting record in August, 1932, at Stevenson Field, Winnipeg, jumping 15 times in seven hours, 15 minutes. Back: "Possibly Salt Flats, Saskatchewan"

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Charles Collins:
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Front: Charles "Nose Dive" Collins was a parachute jumper with North West Aero Marine Aircraft Collins is pictured here in front of a De Havilland Gypsy Moth (DH60) owned by Northwest Aero Marine Ltd. which existed in western Canada during the late 1920's and early 1930's. Collins set a world parachuting record in August, 1932, at Stevenson Field, Winnipeg, jumping 15 times in seven hours, 15 minutes. Back: "Possibly Salt Flats, Saskatchewan"
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AZO
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StillImage, print
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nonprojected graphic, 1 postcard, real
Identifier
macrepo:101376, local: CPC-00724
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eng
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--Canada--------Canada--
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