Smokey Bear Frolicking in a Pool
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Creator: Schroeder, Francine
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1950s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: December 1976
The original Smokey Bear frolicking in a pool at the National Zoological Park. Smokey Bear was brought by the U.S. Forest Service 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.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in TORCH, December 1976
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: December 1976
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1950s
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92-3559
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Medium: Photographic print