Smokey Bear Conservation Pledge and Song

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Summary

Smokey Bear Conservation Pledge: I give my pledge as an American to save and faithfully to defend from waste the natural resources of my country--its soils and minerals, its forests, waters and wildlife." Smokey Bear song was written by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins. Both sheets have drawings of Smokey and other forest creatures. Created by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Smokey Bear wildfire control campaign in the 1950s.

Subject

  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • Smithsonian Institution and United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 326, Box 83, Folder: Smokey Bear

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1952

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Forest fire prevention
  • Music
  • Smokey Bear
  • Advertising
  • Bears
  • Nature conservation
  • Advertising--Forest fire prevention

Place

  • United States
  • Washington
  • DC

Form/Genre

  • Document
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2019-000024a and SIA2019-000024b

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 9.163w x 11.715h and 9.163w x 11.662; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper

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