Smokey Bear Frolics in a Pool at National Zoological Park

Summary

The original Smokey Bear frolicking in a pool at the National Zoological Park. Smokey Bear was brought from New Mexico in June of 1950 after being burned as a cub from a forest fire that swept through a portion of the Lincoln National Forest. Smokey Bear served as a living symbol of the Smokey Bear forest fire prevention program.

Subject

• National Zoological Park (U.S.)
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

• Also known as 3466-A.
• Featured in the "Torch," December 1976.
• Smokey Bear was brought from New Mexico in June of 1950 after being burned as a cub from a forest fire that swept through a portion of the Lincoln National Forest. Smokey Bear served as a living symbol of the Smokey Bear forest fire prevention program.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: December 1976, Image No. 92-3559

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1950
• Circa 1950s

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Known Copyright

Topic

• Prevention and control
• Animals
• Mammals
• Smokey Bear
• Forest fires
• Bears
• Forest fires--Prevention and control

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [92-3559]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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