July 29
2022
Online Smithsonian Collection and Archive List
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history, OFFICIAL scarf, volunteer systems
If you’re like me, you love browsing through Girl Scout history. The Smithsonian has catalogued its Girl Scout items online and many of them include pictures! Here’s a link that will take you straight to its items, and I’ve narrowed it down further to only show items with pictures. Some of my thoughts:
- Many of the items are identified incorrectly (like labeling badges as patches and mixing up BSA and GG items for GSUSA), but they’re still fun to look at.
- You can stop at about page 11 because a bunch of non-Girl Scout items show up at that point. There might be a few things scattered after that, but I didn’t go much further.
- It’s always a little disconcerting when you see things that you wore growing up labeled as vintage and historical.
- I am not sure why this Girl Scout Glove Make-Up Kit got my attention, but I need to research it in the GS Catalog website to find out what exactly it is.
- Alas, no OFFICIAL scarves were featured. If you want to see a display of them, check this out!
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