There Are Very Good Reasons Why The “Smokey Bear Hat“ Looooks Just Like a WWI Army Calvary Campaign Hat!

.... “ ….and pay a man in a Smokey Bear hat. He hands us a one-day pass in return. “

End of both US-212 & Beartooth Highway at Northeast Gate, Yellowstone National Park, WY...
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History => Smokey Bear AND "Smokey Bear Hat" Remainder of Wikipedia Article, With 11 Photos.
….Smokey Bear is an American campaign and advertising icon of the U.S. Forest Service. In the Wildfire Prevention Campaign, which is the longest-running public service announcement campaign in United States history, the Ad Council, the United States Forest Service (USFS), and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), in partnership with creative agency FCB, employ Smokey Bear to educate the public about the dangers of unplanned human-caused wildfires.
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….In 1942, the U.S. Forest Service established the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) program. The same year, on August 13, Disney's full-length animated motion picture Bambi premiered in New York City. Soon after, Walt Disney allowed his characters to appear in fire prevention public service campaigns. However, Bambi was only loaned to the government for a year, so a new symbol was needed. After much discussion, a bear was chosen. His name was inspired by "Smokey" Joe Martin, a New York City Fire Department hero who suffered burns and blindness during a bold 1922 rescue.
….On August 9, 1944, the creation of Smokey Bear was authorized by the Forest Service[5] (this date is considered the character's birthday[20]), and the first poster was delivered on October 10 by artist Albert Staehle. In the first poster, overseen by the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Campaign (CFFP), Smokey was depicted wearing jeans and a [WWI Army Calvary} Campaign Hat,
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….Though Smokey was originally drawn wearing the [WWI Army Calvary] campaign hat of the U.S. Forest Service, the hat itself later became famous by association with the Smokey cartoon character. Today, it is sometimes called a "Smokey Bear Hat" and is still used by the U.S. Forest Service, some branches of the military, and the state police … ((<< See SECOND NEXT Photo for how this [WWI Army Calvary] “Smokey Bear Hat" became established at Yellowstone National Park.))

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