Vintage 1968 Smokey Bear Forest Fire Black Poster Sign Think Before You Strike

Brand: Smokey Bear

Item: Vintage U.S. Forest Service wildfire prevention advertising poster / sign featuring a dramatic close-up photograph of a lit match against a black background.

Design details: Large orange and yellow flame rising from the match head with bold white slogan text across the top and bottom.

Front text includes: Think before you strike. across the top and Only you can prevent forest fires. along the lower edge.

Additional markings: Small Smokey Bear portrait logo with SMOKEY on his ranger hat in the lower left corner, campaign code 70-CFFP-1, and the credit line Your State Forester and Forest Service – U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

Lower margin also lists GPO: 1968 O-844-016 indicating a late-1960s government printing.

Material and color: Printed on medium-weight paper/cardstock with a black front background and multicolor artwork; reverse side is unprinted tan stock.

Size: Large rectangular poster; see photos with ruler for an idea of scale.

Theme: Government fo