The Forest Products Industry from 1943

[Jeff]

I am working on something for the forum and I think its really cool. It involves something I picked up the other day that I feel is pretty historic as the forest products industry goes. I got it for really next to nothing. We are scanning all of it and will put it out as a forum exclusive.

What it is is an original press release, and accompanying catalog from Dec 1, 1943  for a "Forest Ad Book" release from the AMERICAN FOREST PRIODUCTS INDUSTRY WASHINGTON D.C. #pr43-145 dated December 1, 1943.

It is a catalog of advertisements that were made to be put into local newspapers representing the Forest Products Industry during wartime.

The catalog has many different advertisements, from Anti-Hitler, Anti-Japan, using the character Paul Bunyon, even one entitled "RIGHT IN DER FUEHRER'S FACE" has a tree with a face on it and a man chopping it down. Another has a stump with nobody around and it says "Gone to Hitlers Funeral"

Some very very interesting stuff!

[Jeff]

Here is the first page inside the catalog that may explain what this is better.

http://www.forestryforum.com/1943/2.jpg I will include the press release letter and all the pages. All the pages after the opening description are quite graphical.

[SawInIt CA]

Very cool. Thanks Jeff

[Frank_Pender]

I try and collect those sorts of history, also.  Thank You for sharing, Jeff.

[Jeff]

Here ya go, Thanks to Tom's web gallery we have a great place to put these.

Forest Products Industry ads from 1943