Keywords: SmokeyBear1.jpg en 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 http //blog photography si edu/2010/05/27/bearly-survived-to-become-an-icon/ --identified as official Smithsonian Institution US Govt photo Francine Schroeder photo for Smithsonian Institution s 1950 U S Government Smithsonian Institution Unknown Smokey Bear PD-USGov Smithsonian Institution Archives |