PRESIDENT ACCEPTS FIRE PREVENTION POSTER. WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 10. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY ACCEPTED FOR THE GOVERNMENT THE PAINTING MADE BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG TO BE USED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON POSTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IT SHOWS UNCLE SAM AS A FOREST RANGER IN A FOREST WITH THE SLOGAN 'YOUR FORESTS--YOUR FAULT--YOUR LOSS.' L TO R: BEHIND THE PRESIDENT ARE JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG, THE ARTIST; SEC. OF AGRICULTURE HENRY WALLACE; EARLE H. CLAPP, CHIEF OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE
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A group of men standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch eight.
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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