The original Smokey Bear at the Zoo Image courtesy of the National Zoo A bear of great distinction was born 67 years ago today. On August 9, 1944, the figure of what would become Smokey Bear began ...

A new Smokey Bear outdoor exhibit opened at Smithsonian’s National Zoo today, May 23, inviting visitors to look back in time to the mid-20th century, when a badly burned black bear cub was rescued ...

Smokey the bear cub is flown from Santa Fe, N.M., to his new home at the Washington National Zoo in a Piper J-3 Cub by New Mexico Assistant State Game Warden Homer C. Pickens in 1950.

“When Smokey the actual living bear was at the National Zoo, kids could send a postcard to Smokey, and Smokey would respond with a Junior Ranger kind of packet with instructions and activities ...

Smokey Bear lived out the remainder of his days at the National Zoo as "the most popular exhibit the National Zoo has ever had, to this day." 5. He is one of the most recognized figures in the USA ...

Smokey Bear, playing in his pool at the National Zoo, sometime during the 1950s. (Wikipedia) "WAIT! I saw Smokey the Bear at the National Zoo when I was a kid in the '50s/'60s/'70s, and that's not ...

Smokey the bear cub is flown from Santa Fe, N.M., to his new home at the Washington National Zoo by New Mexico's Assistant State Game Warden Homer C. Pickens in 1950.

Smokey Bear — a pop culture figure better known by baby boomers as Smokey the Bear — is going ... So many were curious about the cute bear that he was taken to the National Zoo in Washington ...

Smokey Bear, now 80, to headline National Cherry Festival as icon's message brings controversy. Story by Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press • 5mo.

Smokey the bear cub is flown from Santa Fe, N.M., to his new home at the Washington National Zoo in a Piper J-3 Cub by New Mexico Assistant State Game Warden Homer C. Pickens in 1950.

Smokey Bear, now 80, to headline National Cherry Festival as icon's message brings controversy. Frank Witsil. Detroit Free Press. ... named Smokey, that lived at the National Zoo.