Description:
This is a beautiful graphic gem of a 1902 certificate from the "FORESTERS of AMERICA" to Thomas Burnes of Hackensack, New Jersey, when there were still forests in "everywhere" N.J. It measures 20 1/2"h x 15"w.
Besides the idea of forestry in Hackensack, the most interesting thing about this document is the signature of the Chief Ranger of Court Hackensack #47 - A. L. Sachtleben. You may recall that name written in beautiful script along the side of 1890s local beer bottles.
The only thing I could find about "Court Hackensack No. 47" is shown below and appears to have something to do with a German Singing Society (also note "Hackingshackey Tribe").
So the mental image I'm left with is a bunch of drunk-on-Sachtleben-beer Germanic forest rangers in lederhosen out in the wilds of the Hackensack forests singing brauhaus songs mit Smokey der Bear.
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