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- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
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Psst! Bear in a Ranger Hat?
April 1923. Washington, D.C. Another unlabeled Harris & Ewing plate, showing someone we imagine to be the bureaucrat tasked with kindling fire-prevention slogans. Say, does it seem a little smokey in here? View full size.
No sliding
Willy B has a perfect nose for holding an eyeglass frame in place.
Smokey Bear
I grew up in the Washington area hearing Smokey Bear (no "the" in his name) warn me about forest fires in the bass voice of radio announcer Jackson Weaver. And I would visit Smokey every time I went to the National Zoo. A singed bear cub from a fire in the Lincoln National Forest in NM in 1950 became the living representative of Smokey.
For years I thought this bear cub was the inspiration for Smokey Bear but since learned the character was introduced in 1942, about 22 years after this photo was taken.
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