21 Smokey the Bear Vintage Posters National Forest Service Custom Tee shirts .

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21 Smokey the Bear Vintage Posters National Forest Service Custom Tee shirts .:
$15.00

I have access to more Smokey posters..just emailI havethousandof images from old automotive magazine ads and automotive brochures for almost all manufactures cars boats trucks motorcycles...just about anything....I can put these images on tee shirts in any combination front and back..............I can probably find just about anything....The prints are about 8.5\" x 11\" depending on the shape.I can make them smaller for youth or pocket area prints
This listing features tee shirts with beautiful vintage artwork of Smokey BearSince 1944,See story at bottom Smokey’s been working hard to inspire Americans to prevent wildfires. These are by artists like Walter Staelhe, Russ Wetzel, James Hansen, Rudolph \"Rudy\" Andreas Michael Wendelin(1910–2000) was aUnited States Forest Serviceemployee and the best-known artist behindSmokey Bear. Beginning in 1944, Wendelin became the full-time artist for the Smokey Bear campaign. He was considered Smokey Bear\'s \"caretaker\" until his retirement in 1973.The descriptions below the images are not in the print

These shirts.are white, lt grey or tan. These are 60z Gildan ultra cotton.. will not shrink

The price of a shirt is$15.00 for one print or $18.00 for front and back.These prices are for infant through XL

If you want a small pocket area logo ,..say a Forest Service logo

No charge if getting a design on the back

2XL add $2.50 3X-5X add $3.50

If there are extra charges, I will send separate invoice for any additional charges

Shipping in the U.S. is $3.50 additional shirts are $2.50 each

email me with questions each situation is different and I will work with you..

Be sure and tell me size(s) and designs when ordering

One spring day in 1950, in the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico, an operator in one of the fire towers spotted smoke and called the location in to the nearest ranger station. The first crew discovered a major wildfire sweeping along the ground between the trees, driven by a strong wind. Word spread rapidly, and more crews reported to help. Forest rangers, local crews from New Mexico and Texas, and the New Mexico State Game Department set out to gain control of the raging wildfire.

As the crew battled to contain the blaze, they received a report of a lone bear cub seen wandering near the fire line. They hoped that the mother bear would return for him. Soon, about 30 of the firefighters were caught directly in the path of the fire storm. They survived by lying face down on a rockslide for over an hour as the fire burned past them.

Nearby, the little cub had not fared as well. He took refuge in a tree that became completely charred, escaping with his life but also badly burned paws and hind legs. The crew removed the cub from the tree, and a rancher among the crew agreed to take him home. A New Mexico Department of Game and Fish ranger heard about the cub when he returned to the fire camp. He drove to the rancher’s home to help get the cub on a plane to Santa Fe, where his burns were treated and bandaged.

News about the little bear spread swiftly throughout New Mexico. Soon, the United Press and Associated Press broadcast his story nationwide, and many people wrote and called, asking about the cub’s recovery. The state game warden wrote to the chief of the Forest Service, offering to present the cub to the agency as long as the cub would be dedicated to a conservation and wildfire prevention publicity program. The cub was soon on his way to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., becoming the living symbol of Smokey Bear.

Smokey received numerous gifts of honey and so many letters he had to have his own zip code. He remained at the zoo until his death in 1976, when he was returned to his home to be buried at the Smokey Bear Historical Park in Capitan, New Mexico, where he continues to be a wildfire prevention legend

In 1952, Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins wrote the popular anthem that would launch a continuous debate about Smokey’s name. To maintain the rhythm of the song, they added “the” between “Smokey” and “Bear.” Due to the song’s popularity, Smokey Bear has been called “Smokey the Bear” by many adoring fans, but, in actuality, his name never changed. He’s still Smokey Bear.