Sign
- Title:
- Prevent Forest Fires / Be Careful
- Object Name:
- Sign
- Object ID:
- 2008.035
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1915
- Description:
- Sign (broadside), printed on cotton fabric. Black lettering: "STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE / FORESTRY DEPARTMENT / GOOD CITIZEN OR VISITOR, HELP US / PREVENT / FOREST FIRES / ... / BE CAREFUL / ... / THANK YOU / FORESTRY COMMISSION / J.H. FOSTER, State Forester / HM Colby Forest Fire Warden. / Town of Bow / JOHN B. CLARKE CO., PRINTERS, MANCHESTER, N. H." Text includes instructions for preventing and reporting fires. "HM Colby" and "Bow" are stamped in the spaces provided.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-17 W-12 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor at New England Antiquarian Book Fair, Concord, NH, 06/04/1989. H. M. Colby is probably Hamilton Morgan Colby (1866-1932), who also served as a Bow supervisor, selectman, and highway surveyor. Donor is a descendant of Hamilton Morgan Colby.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joan Desmarais
- People:
- Colby, Hamilton (1866-1932)
- Subjects:
- Forest fires, Fire prevention
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