Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Area Closed Against Sheep Grazing |
Object Name |
Sign |
Catalog Number |
1995.008.002 |
Description |
Area Closed Against Sheep Grazing ca 1910 >> Red cloth grazing closure sign; The sign marks to boundary of the closure on a National Forest; James Wilson Secretary of Agriculture, 1897-1913 >> Used by FOREST SERVICE field officers in National Forests in after 1907 when Forest Reserves were renamed National Forests >> Nail holes in the corner; Upper left corner "Form 985"; lower left "8-419" >> Also a message requesting cooperation in the prevention of forest fires. Notice that that whoever sets a fire or leaves a fire unextinguished may be arrested by a Forest Officer Photographed |
Date |
1910 ca |
Year Range from |
1907 |
Year Range to |
1912 |
Dimensions |
H-17 W-10.75 inches |
Material |
Cloth |
Subjects |
Range management Sheep |
Search Terms |
Range-Permitted Grazing Signs |
Catalog date |
2021-07-09 |
Collection |
Torheim, Robert H. |