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SIA Timeline Event Body:
Smokey Bear, a four-month-old orphaned black bear cub rescued from a forest fire in Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico, arrives at the National Zoological Park. The National Park Service erects an exhibit next to Smokey's cage, and the bear becomes a famous symbol of fire prevention. More - https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_1084.
Timeline Event Date:
Thursday, June 1, 1950
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Timeline Event Image Caption:
The original Smokey Bear frolicking in a pool at the National Zoological Park. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder December 1976.