---
title: Smokey says - Prevent forest fires!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/smokey-says-prevent-forest-fires-1945/
description: 'Text-led poster: a cartoon bear in a ranger hat peers from the top-left corner beside the words ''Smokey says-''.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Smokey says - Prevent forest fires!, 1945 US poster: Text-led poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/smokey-says-prevent-forest-fires-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/smokey-says-prevent-forest-fires-1945.jpg)

# Smokey says - Prevent forest fires!

Text-led poster: a cartoon bear in a ranger hat peers from the top-left corner beside the words 'Smokey says-', over the large headline 'Prevent forest fires!'. A band at the foot reads 'An Official War Message' with the OWI seal, lending wartime government authority to the bear's request (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Smokey says-
PREVENT
FOREST
FIRES!
AN OFFICIAL WAR MESSAGE
[seal:] UNITED STATES OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, TRUTH IS OUR STRENGTH, O.W.I.
[imprint:] U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—FOREST SERVICE
[imprint:] ★ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945—O—631678
```

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