Camp Eatonbrook and Area 6-A Slides
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I am not sure of what I absolutely know.
Very often find confusion
In conclusion I concluded long ago…
(Spoken): Is a puzzlement
– from “The King and I”, by Rogers and Hammerstein
Camp Eatonbrook Neckerchief Slide
Back in late July I wrote an entry about the neckerchief slide issued for the 1961 Area 6-A Fellowship. In that post I commented:
“…It is only a guess, but this piece appears to be hand assembled from separately produced components. The sitting brave appears to be a piece that someone might have been able to buy in quantity at a gift shop, or similar store. Then the clear plastic back would have been printed separately. These pieces and a loop could be then assembled to make the finished piece you see here…”
This was a logical hypothesis. I was hoping someone would comment that could confirm or deny this. It turns out someone from New York had something to say about this. Ray Gould wrote in a comment:
“…How interesting. I have a similar style neckerchief slide that was used at the former Camp Eatonbrook of the old Madison County Council in central NY (it also dates to the early 1960’s). I had long believed the item was handcrafted locally but given the example you share, manufacture on a larger scale was likely (your example is the only other slide like this I’ve ever seen)…”
Ray Gould since sent a scan of his Camp Eatonbrook slide. It is pictured at the head of this post. While the poses of the American Indians are different they appear to be the work of the same person or company. So while both of us had assumed the pieces from our respective areas were handcrafted, or home made, it would appear this might not be so.
Does anyone have any other similarly constructed neckerchief slides? Can anyone shed some light on who or what company made these? Were they hand made or commercially produced?
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– Donald Rumsfeld
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