Cartoons of Oscar Warbach, 1941-1982.

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Cartoons of Oscar Warbach, 1941-1982.

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Record group 89-78 contains original drawings of Oscar Warbach on poster board, some publications, and a few newspaper clippings. These cartoons vary from straight forward illustrations of plants to humorous caricatures of tourist behavior in Michigan's parks. The main purpose of these drawings was to educate the general public about the balance of nature, and proper outdoor recreation etiquette.

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Michigan. Dept. of Natural Resources.

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Warbach, Ozz

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Oscar "Ozz" Warbach was a conservation illustrator of national reputation. He was born on March 21, 1913 and grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He earned a B.S. in animal husbandry from Rutgers University in 1935, and a B.S. in zoology from Michigan State University in 1938. He joined the Michigan Department of Conservation as a game biologist in 1941. After service in World War II, he moved to Maryland. When the position of conservation illustrator was created in 1954, he moved back to Michigan ...