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Flagg, James Montgomery
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Forest Defense Is National Defense, 1941
Item — Folder 0044-0009: Series I [Barcode: 1023157879]
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from The American Weekly, April 6, 1941. Illustration of men shoveling a fire line as the forest burns behind them. Lower part of poster includes a list with heading "How to Prevent Forest Fires."
Dates:
Publication: 1941
Your Forests - Your Fault - Your Loss!, undated
Item — Folder 0044-0009: Series I [Barcode: 1023157879]
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists of posters promoting wildfire prevention, the bulk of which were produced for the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign.Some of the early posters in this series use World War II resource conservation themes from an American point of view, and a few portray negative racial and ethnic stereotypes. Most of the CFFP posters produced after 1944 feature Smokey Bear and variations of his slogan, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” The collection also...
Dates:
Publication: undated
Yours in Trust. We Must Protect It from Fire, 1939
Item — Folder 0044-0009: Series I [Barcode: 1023157879]
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists of posters promoting wildfire prevention, the bulk of which were produced for the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign.Some of the early posters in this series use World War II resource conservation themes from an American point of view, and a few portray negative racial and ethnic stereotypes. Most of the CFFP posters produced after 1944 feature Smokey Bear and variations of his slogan, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” The collection also...
Dates:
Publication: 1939