This ad for lumber was published in 1945. It shows the increasing demand for wood during war time, but also the increasing need for people to chop the wood. The advertisement uses rhetoric to paint the decimation of trees in a positive light so as to better convince people to join professions in lumber and rail road businesses. (Your America...)
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The burning of the Cuyahoga was the event that made the public aware of the terrible pollution of rivers by major factories. It caught fire twice, once in 1952 and once in 1969. There were many popular songs written in commemoration of this event and protesting the continued wreckage of the rivers. (Photo..)
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