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Nature Boys: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/12/2007 - 12:16am.
"Boys camped at Wyndygoul, the camp of the Pocatopog tribe" circa 1908. View full size. 8x10 glass plate negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Scouts of Olde
Submitted by Bill McNutt on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 10:22am.
I was a scout back in the '70s and '80s, but somehow I think I missed something not Scouting in this era.
Blanket polo
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 12:51am.
What a joyful bunch -- the kid with the hatchet looks like he wants to use it.
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