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Brownie Uniform Belt

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1950-1956

GUSN

GUSN-1339

Description

Brown cloth with metal buckle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

uniforms
cotton (textile)
metal
weaving
childhood
Cotton
Woven
Unidentified Metal
Scouting
UNIFORM

Label

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.

Associated Person

Bryon, Elmira Lee Kimball

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1990.21.2

Related Items

Title Brownie Uniform Belt Accession Number 1993.15

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