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Preferred Citation:

Boy Scout Photo Album, 1953-1954, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchsed in 2009 from an unknown source. Accession number 2009.224.

Scope and Contents

Photo album kept by a Boy Scout 'Brownie' in 1953-1954. He documented his troup's trip to Washington, DC and to a plantation in Virginia. The trip was awarded to the winners of a Boy Scouts "E.R.C. Camporee" in 1953. He also took photos during a trip to 'Camp Glen Gray'; a family vacation at 'Lake Valhala'; and an 'educational trip' to New York City with a friend, 1954. Most photos are numbered and content is labeled on pages inserted into the album. Photos on the last few pages are not described. There are a total of 67 photographs, and at least some of them were taken with the Brownie Junior's camera, according the inserted descriptions.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Boy Scouts of America.
• Boys--Societies and clubs
• Teenage boys--United States--Conduct of life