Image: SmokeyBear1

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Description: 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, c. 1950s, by Francine Schroeder, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: December 1976, Negative Number: 92-3559.
Title: SmokeyBear1
Credit: http://blog.photography.si.edu/2010/05/27/bearly-survived-to-become-an-icon/ --identified as official Smithsonian Institution (US Govt) photo
Author: Francine Schroeder photo for Smithsonian Institution
Permission: U.S. Government (Smithsonian Institution)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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