Man walking with backpack, from experiments done by Dr. Peter V. Karpovich
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A photograph of experiments conducted by Dr. Peter V. Karpovich. There is one man wearing a backpack with most of the weight up on the shoulders and another man adjusting the harness to the backpack. The background has a grid of numbers and scales. The image is not dated, though these experiments may have been conducted when Dr. Karpovich served as the Chief of the Laboratory of Physical Fitness at the School of Aviation Medicine, Army Air Force. He held this position from 1941-1945. For more information on Peter V. Karpovich, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/571
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