Smokey says: "Don't light fires on hot, windy days." : prevent bush fires : "Report fires and never...
Smokey says: "Don't light fires on hot, windy days." : prevent bush fires : "Report fires and never...
Smokey says: "Don't light fires on hot, windy days." : prevent bush fires : "Report fires and never leave a fire until it is thoroughly extinguished" says Smokey / issued by the New South Wales Bush Fire Committee.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
[Sydney] : The Committee, [195-?]
[Sydney] N.S.W. Bush Fires Committee, [between 1950 and 1959]
Date
[195-?]
Call Numbers
POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/ 27
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
1 poster : colour ; 75 x 51 cm.
Content type
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
sheet
Publication information
Publisher
[Sydney] : The Committee, [195-?]
[Sydney] N.S.W. Bush Fires Committee, [between 1950 and 1959]
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
[195-?]
[between 1950 and 1959]
Access and use
Access Conditions
Mitchell Library copy: issued in Special Collection Area.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Two artworks on one poster. The upper one features a koala in a fire-fighter's uniform warning a man about to light a fire with a match on a windy day. In the lower one, the koala in the fire-fighter's uniform is making a phone call while other men fight a bushfire. Words on the koala's helmet read: Prevent bush fires.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Smokey says: "Don't light fires on hot, windy days." : prevent bush fires : "Report fires and never leave a fire until it is thoroughly extinguished" says Smokey / issued by the New South Wales Bush Fire Committee.
Other title
Prevent bush fires!
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Caption title.
Additional physical form availability note
Digital master available ; National Library of Australia ; nla.obj-138218666.
Also available online via the State Library of NSW at: http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false&dps_pid=IE3763925....
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/ 27
Record Identifier
74VKqRapxgGA
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqRapxgGA
Other Identifiers
DDC
741.674
MMS ID
991020241779702626
