Brooks Library at Central Washington University participates in the Federal Depository Library Program, taking receipt of documents from state and federal agencies. This collection highlights some of the posters held at Brooks Library. These posters were issued by agencies ranging from the Department of Agriculture to the Forest Service, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Department of Defense, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The posters address issues such as water safety, oceanography, nutrition, erosion, soil conservation, civil law, and much more.
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Why Your Census Job Is Vital to the Nation and Your Community
United States Bureau of the Census
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Foods that Aid Forest Survival
United States Department of Agriculture
These foods can keep you alive in the forest, but only if you keep the forest alive
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Get Wild with Wildlife: Wild Things Are Happening in Your National Forests
United States Department of Agriculture
This poster shows images of wild animals that are in the United States' national forests.
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Partnership for Wildlife and Fish Management
United States Department of Agriculture
Poster reads: "Join us-- in a partnership for wildlife and fish management. Contact your nearest Forest Service office.".
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Portfolio of American Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
The posters here include the following: [1]. Landscape, West Concord, Minnesota / artist, David Granahan -- [2]. Southwest impression, Colorado plateau / artist, Michael David Brown -- [3]. Dawn, Mahomet, Illinois / photo by William Kuykendall -- [4]. Sorghum processing, Carnesville, Georgia / photo by Ray Lustig -- [5]. Harvest break, Presque Isle, Maine / USDA photo by George Robinson -- [6]. Roundup, Augusta, Montana / photo by Lowell Georgia -- [7]. Sheep, Underhill, Vermont / photo by George Robinson -- [8]. Cotton harvesting, Vienna, Georgia / USDA photo by Ray Lustig -- [9]. Miracle crop [soybeans], Vienna, Georgia / photo by Ray Lustig -- [10]. Homegrown [tomatoes and okra], southern Maryland / photo by Ray Lustig -- [11]. The flag, Kossuth County, Iowa / photo by Thomas DeFeo -- [12]. Apple harvest, Rappahannock County, Virginia / photo by Byron Schumaker -- [13]. Super cabbage, Palmer, Alaska / photo by Charles O'Rear -- [14]. Sugarcane fields, Pearl City, Hawaii / photo by Charles O'Rear -- [15]. Wyoming morning, Grant Tetons, Wyoming / photo by Jonathan Wright -- [16]. The Palouse, Pacific Northwest / photo by Doug Wilson -- [17]. Corn harvesting, Cedar Falls, Iowa / photo by Thomas DeFeo -- [18]. Rural farm, New Hampshire countryside / artist, Jim Schleyer.
Please note that posters #1 and 12 are missing from the Portfolio of American Agriculture series and are, therefore, not listed here.
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Vandalism in Recreation Areas
United States Department of Agriculture
Poster reads: "There was a time when people only shot pictures."
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What Some of Smokey's Friends Think of People Who are Careless with Fire
United States Department of Agriculture
Animals are pictured with information about each animal and a brief statement regarding those who dislike forest fires. Animals depicted are: The snowshoe hare -- The trout -- The mallard duck -- The garter snake -- The bullfrog -- The flying squirrel -- The gray fox -- The skunk -- The western pipstrelle bat.
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Armed Forces Inaugural Committee: A Tradition of 200 Years of Service in Support of a Celebration of Democracy
United States Department of Defense
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Don't Do Drugs
United States Department of Education
This poster reads, "Turtle talk. Don't do drugs, dudes! Partnership for a drug-free America."
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How Do You Say No? Five Steps to Help You Say No to Alcohol and Other Drugs
United States Department of Education
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Photographs of Children Awaiting Transplantation Surgery
United States Department of Health and Human Services
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Silver Wings
United States Department of the Air Force
Featured here is the poster "Silver wings." This poster belongs to a series titled U.S. Air Force Art Collection, Fine Arts Series 7. Not present are others in this series, including Mascot by Vernon Baim -- Cows are to be avoided by Frank Germain -- Eye above the storm by Allen S. Harmon -- Waiting for orders by Alfred Johnson -- Discovery at Vandenberg AFB by Stan Jones -- Thunderbird by Henry Lozano, Jr. -- The Falcon's view by Donald Klappauf -- Moonlight sonata: Spanish tanker taskforce--January 85 by Craig Kodera -- Visual contact by William S. Phillips -- Canyon Falcon by William S. Phillips -- May 2, 1923 by James Sanford.
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U.S. Air Force Art Collection, Fine Arts Series 9
United States Department of the Air Force
This series of posters includes: Fastest blackbird / by Chris Kenyon -- USAF flight of birds / by Michel Allaire -- A Salute to Projects / by Robert Schaefer -- The "Classic" Phantom Pyramid fly-by (F-4E's) / by Walter Hortens -- MAC / by Eric Joyner --The Lesson / by Keith Ferris -- Montage: 40 years of USAF / by Dick Kramer --B-52 / by Dick Kramer -- Link in the SDI chain / by Phillip Weisgerber -- Eagle and F-15 / by Richard Allison -- Colonel Tip Clark over Hahn / by John Clark --B-1 at Dyess / by Paul Bond.
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The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps of the 3rd United States Infantry (The Old Guard), Fort Myer, Virginia
United States Department of the Army
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The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps of the 3rd United States Infantry (the Old Guard), Fort Myer, Virginia
United States Department of the Army
