Hail to the Scouts [Photograph, 1939?]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2023.136.1Description
A black and white photograph that is part of a collection of pictures and postcards taken in the 1920s and 30s at Camp Roosevelt, a Boy Scout camp located outside Eddington, Maine. This picture replicates the front image of a postcard in the collection, and may be the source photograph used to create it. The postcard was sent on February 13, 1939 from Andover, Maine to Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; this photograph is assumed to have been taken not long before if it is the source image. The photo depicts a placard promoting the Boy Scouts of America titled "Hail to the Scouts." A detailed description of the placard is included with the entry for the postcard, item OBJ.N.2023.135.1.
Hildreth, Edward Merle (references)