Spare our trees – Vintage Poster
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Spare our trees comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Spare our trees" asks Ohioans to protect the trees and leaves that fill the state's woodlands and parks. Issued in 1938 under the Work Projects Administration, it shows how the Federal Art Project used silkscreen printing to carry public messages into towns and schools. Conservation was a frequent theme in these posters, which encouraged care for forests during a decade marked by soil erosion and careless land use. The artist, Morris Katz, is credited on the record.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Aug 17 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 150 · Katz Morris artist. |
| Subjects | Trees--Ohio--1930-1940. Leaves--1930-1940. State parks & reserves--Ohio--1930-1940. Conservation of natural resources--Ohio--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 982 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 455_Spare_our_trees_1938 |
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