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The real Smokey Bear makes his debut at National Zoo in Washington, D.C. L to R: New Mexico Game Warden Homer Pickens; in background William T. Piper, President of Piper Aircraft Corp.; unidentified man; Spicer Conant, 8, who accepted Smokey on behalf of the children of Washington, D.C.; Smokey; and U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts. Smokey rode to Washington in a Piper Aircraft. See also photo # 2009-3086 and others.