Smokey Bear with Binoculars 1987
by Peter Ogden
Title
Smokey Bear with Binoculars 1987
Artist
Peter Ogden
Medium
Painting - Chromolithograph
Description
This is a restored copy of a vintage Smokey Bear Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires poster depicting Smokey Bear with his binoculars as he looks for forest fires.
This illustration was published in 1987 by a paid artist employee of the US Federal Government for the United States Forest Service fire prevention education campaign.
Smokey Bear was a three month old five pound American black bear cub who was discovered in the early spring of 1950 after the Capitan Gap fire, a large forest fire that raged through the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico. Smokey had gone up a tree to flee the inferno, but his paws and rear legs had been burned. Firefighters from New Mexico and Texas who came to fight the conflagration rescued Smokey from the tree that he was hiding in. Soon after his rescue Smokey was nursed back to health and became the inspiration for the famous US Forest Service fire prevention Smokey Bear campaign beloved by all.
The Fine Art America logo does not appear on the final product.
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September 2nd, 2021
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