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1945-1950
GUSN-13079
Brown beanie with loop at top. Brownie embroidered on front.
beanies
cotton (textile)
felt (textile)
wool (textile)
Cap
Skullcap
Beanie
Beanie
From "Waiting for a Gallery": Objects related to customs or rituals from particular periods are the ones future historians are likely to find most evocative. Scouting is a phrnomenon of 20th-century mass culture involving hundreds of thousands of children who have learned not only a wide range of skills but also a set of values.
""Girl Scouts/ National Equipment/ Service/ New York City/ OFFICIAL Medium 1-143/ 70% wool/ 30% cotton/ Girl Scouts""
Bryon, Elmira Lee Kimball
Associated With Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
1993.15
Title Brownie Dress Accession Number 1990.21.1
Title Brownie Uniform Belt Accession Number 1990.21.2
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