They are definitely Boy Scouts, just look at the uniforms. The older guys are likely members of Order of the Arrow, which is still functioning. I was made a member when I was a Scoutmaster in 1983.

Judging from the "G" on the hats and the triangular shaped patch on one boy's shoulder, my guess is that these are Indian Guides, an organization sponsored by the YMCA. The organization still exists, but within the last few years has shed the name and is now known as "Adventure Guides."

[The triangle is similar to the Scouts' current "First Aider" badge. We also have a Cub Scouts insignia. - Dave]

The first Pontiacs were built in 1926, as a "companion make" to the Oakland automobile. Oaklands were built from 1901 to 1931, until Pontiacs began to outsell them by a wide margin, then GM phased the Oakland out in favor of the Pontiac. Of course, now the PMD itself is now history.

Wow! Can you imagine the outrage today over something like this? And we thought the Washington Redskins stirred it up.

Those costumed Scouts are sporting Indian trade blankets made by Pendleton woolen mills in Oregon (the two on the right are definitely Pendleton patterns from that era) and others. They were traded to the Indians in early days, but Pendleton kept making them to the present day. The older ones, like these, are pretty valuable. I have one from 1930 with the original tag and a hand sewn tag with the owner's name, who apparently took it to camp or college.

How does Shorpy come by so many car pictures from the San Francisco Bay Area?

[He bought them from the estate of a lady who collected them. - Dave]