ALT This is a photo of Smokey the Bear. He is very large and has a ranger hat on and blue jeans pants and a brown belt. There is a female and male adult park ranger on either side of him. They are wearing uniform green pants, grey shirts and ranger hats. To the right of the adult male ranger is a young boy who is about 10 to 12 years old. He has on blue shorts, a brown oversized t-shirt and a dark blue ball cap. The adult ranger, the young boy and Smokey all have their thumb up. The female ranger has both of her thumbs up! Everyone is mailing broadly!

ALT This is a photo of the newly paved parking lot of Pearson Air Museum. The focus is on the good looking freshly paved parking area with the first white stripes painted to note where to park. In the background is the white air museum building with the words painted on it “Army Air Corps” as the first line and “Pearson Field” below.

ALT This is a photo of an old poster of a colored illustration of Smokey the Bear. He has a ranger hat on and he is also wearing his blue jeans pants and a brown leather belt. The belt buckle is large and rectangular shaped with his name Smokey written on the buckle. Smokey is holding a small bear cub in his one hand close to his side in a protective way and there is a branch behind him. He is resting his other arm on the branch. There is a deer peeking out from under the branch. Higher up you can see part of a tree with a nest secured among the leaves at the highest point. There is a mama robin (with a red breast) whose wings are stretched out as if she just landed on the nest. She has a large worm in her beak. There are two baby birds with beaks wide open waiting for the worm. The sky is a light blue with swirls of white clouds. It is a happy, comforting poster.

ALT This is a photo of two adult park rangers holding the two ends of the banner up. The banner states/ Fort Vancouver Independence Day . There are notes all over the banner written by members of the public but they are not legible from this distance. They are standing outside. The grass is green and yellow. You can see trees and historic US Army buildings in the background.

ALT This is a close up photo of a number of WWII items and important equipment. There’s a camera with large camera components in a golden brown leather camera box. The lid of the box is open. Behind it there appears to be a blanket covered cot. There is a helmet on top of the cot and what also appears to be a number military manuals and instructions piled up next to the helmet.

ALT This is a photo of a hands on exhibit of an Army Air Corps cockpit! It is in the Pearson Air Museum lobby. The first two volunteers have on WWII Army helmets. The last volunteer does not have a helmet on. All three are in WWII US Army uniforms. They are all smiling and seem very happy!

ALT This is a photo inside Pearson Air Museum. The background walls are white and are the hangar. The biplane is very fragile looking with thin pieces of wood, fabric covering the winds, and the central core of the plane is a simple seat, a wooden steering wheel and it looks like a bike.

ALT A yellow blimp with the name Gelatine written in large letter on the side facing the camera. It is hanging up near the top of the deep red painted ceiling. This photo was taken inside of Pearson Air Museum which is part of Fort Vancouver National Histiric Site.

ALT This is a photo of the lobby at Pearson Air Museum. There are 4 adults near the children’s table. There is a child at the table playing with a plane. Another small child is standing near one of the adults. Another middle grade young person is watching the young child at the table. In addition, in the background there is an hands on children’s exhibit which is a cockpit. There is a child sitting in the cockpit with two adults looking on.

ALT This is a photo of the hands on cockpit in the lobby. It is green in color with the words “Army Air Corps” on the side. The tail has a blue, white and red stripes. The from has a white stripe. There are four people a gathered around the cockpit seats. A woman with a stroller is standing near the tail.

ALT This is a photo of the lobby of the Pearson air museum which is part of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. There are three young people near a small children’s table along with four adults. In the background ground is a children’s hands on cockpit exhibit. A child is in the seat of the cockpit and an adult I standing nearby.

ALT This is photo of Pearson Air Museum and it focuses on the large hangar doors. The building is a bright white color. The building has “Pearson Air Corps, Pearson Field” written in large black lettering above the hangar doors. There is a lush green birch tree on the left side of the photos The sky above is a glorious, breathtaking bright blue with large, fluffy, fat whit clouds! This is at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site—your national park!

ALT This photo has the split rail fence in the foreground. A large expansive open field is beyond. And, far-away in the center of the photo is the sun peeking above Mount Hood. It is a glorious bright yellow orange color.

ALT This is a photo of the Fee station inside the stockade of the fur trade post. It is a wooden structure and there is a fresh evergreen wreath with holly and red berries interwoven in the wreath. There is a red and white checked ribbon tied in a bow at the bottom of the wreath.

ALT This is a close up of a bald eagle who is perched on a major limb. There is another limb just behind him. The backdrop is mostly leaves from the tree with some spaces here anther of the gray sky peeking out.

ALT This is a close up of the commemorative coin which states around the coin “Pearson Army Air Corps Field” and “Centennial - 1925-2025.” In the center of the coin is a drawing of the Air Museum and adjacent historic hangar. There is a split rail fence in front and trees in the background. There is a coin is brass colored.

ALT This photo is focused on the nose and single propeller of a plane which takes up most of the photo. In the background one can see Pearson Air Museum with its bright yellow black striped roof.

ALT This is a photo looking up at the sky above Pearson Air Museum. The sky is very blue and there is the top off a Douglas for peeking out in the lower part of the photo. The cloud around the tree is very white. There is a plane with two long white contrails trailing behind it.

ALT This is a close up photo of an aircraft which is focused on the cockpit! It is painted green with red, white and blue stripes. You can stroll up or use your wheel chair to move up in it.