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Dead Wood in Art
A virtual art gallery celebrating dead wood.

Gallery 1 - Paintings
Gallery 2 - Photographs
Gallery 3 - Photographs
Gallery 4 - Photographs
Gallery 5 - Posters
 

Gallery 5 - Posters

  

This poster was printed in 1933 for USDA Forest Service.  Yes, this was 11 years before Smokey the Bear.
(Source:  National Archives and Records Administration)

An anti-fire poster of the Directorate of Forestry, Namibia, Africa.
(Source:  Richard Spillane, used by permission)

 

 

Information poster on cavity-nesting birds.  North Dakota.

 

 

 

 

Information poster on snags.  North Dakota.

 

 

 

 

Fire hazard warning sign along highway in southern Chile. 
(photo by Bruce G. Marcot)

 

 

 

Forest fire prevention sign in Argentina.  There, a wise owl takes the place of our Smokey the Bear.  This sign reads "The forest is life. Prevent fire."
(photo by Bruce G. Marcot)

 

Closeup of the "Smokey the Owl" character in the above fire prevention sign, Argentina.  
(photo by Bruce G. Marcot) 

 

 

 

Another "Smokey the Owl" fire prevention poster from Argentina.  This one reads "Only one person can avoid fires ... YOU.  Be prudent, extinguish well your fires and your cigarette."  
(photo by Bruce G. Marcot)

 

 

 

One more "Smokey the Owl" fire prevention poster from Argentina.  This one also urges you to extinguish well your fires and cigarettes. These posters appear in national parks of southern Argentina.  
(photo by Bruce G. Marcot)

 

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