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Harvard Pond sign

• HF-ID: HFP-123
• Category: Visual Materials
• Creator: Raup, H.M.
• Date: ca. 1946-1949
• Location: Tom Swamp Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • 10.5" x 13.5"cardboard.

• Abstract:
  • Poster with rules for fishing and use of boats on Harvard Pond, by Harvard Forest, Dr. R. M. Raupp, Director [should be H. M. Raup] and Officers and Trustee of Petersham Gun Club, Inc.
  • The poster shows no signs of having been hung and has Raup's name corrected in black ink.
  • Date estimated to be ca. 1946-1949.
  • [The sign notes that Harvard Pond is part of the Harvard Forest Wildlife Sanctuary established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Division of Fisheries and Game discontinued the Harvard Forest Wildlife Sanctuary in 1949.]

• Archives Location: Map Room - oversized photograph box
• Access: Active
• Provenance: brought in by John Wisnewski, 3/13/2019