I love this one so much, for the method and the message equally. At first I thought it was a printed poster, but close looking reveals that it is a marvelously executed collage, with each letter and banner and individual star carefully cut from red white or blue construction type paper and adhered to the tan colored backing paper. A note on the back dates it to 1941 or so--a surprise, as I might have guessed early 1970s (with the lettering having a bit of an Evel Knievel / Bad News Bears / Free to Be You and Me vibe), but there was certainly a rise in the idea of conservation earlier in the 20th century in significant part through the efforts of public figures including Gifford Pinchot (chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, head of the United States Forest Service, and governor of Pennsylvania) and Theodore Roosevelt. In any event, the message is certainly more apt than ever and I think it is just really a fabulous thing.
Framed, as found; I'd guess the frame dates to the 1990s or so, which I assume is when the 1941 date was noted on the back. Framed: 17 3/4” x 15”; sight" 12 1/4” x 9 1/4”. Excellent condition, with perhaps a bit of fading to the colored paper, all to the good I think.
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