Administrative portrait, Eugene H. Bertsch, Deputy State Forester, 1959

Administrative portrait, Eugene H. Bertsch, Deputy State Forester, 1959

Black Card Photos

1959

This photograph from Sacramento, 1959, is an Administrative portrait of Eugene H. Bertsch, Deputy State Forester. The photo, taken by Louis Gerlinger, is from the "Black Cards" collection of California Division of Forestry records housed at the Cal Fire Museum. The collection was created by Division of Forestry photographers who were tasked with documenting facilities and activities for the Division’s internal records. The collection documents early fire control and lookout facilities, fire control activities and wildfire prevention efforts by the California State Division of Forestry in the 1940s to 1960s. Some facilities still exist. Others have been rebuilt or remodeled at or near the original site. The collection provides a snapshot in time of early state fire and forestry activities, and has been used in assessing the historic potential of some buildings and facilities still in use. The California Division of Forestry eventually became the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and has been known as CalFIRE since 2006.

Creator: Gerlinger, Louis

Forests and forestry--California

California. Division of Forestry

English

Card

1 Page

9 x 5.25 in

Original

Public Domain. No restrictions on use.

United States

Cal Fire Museum

https://archive.org/details/casbcfm_000627