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SCOUTING. BOY SCOUTS IN CAMP. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1915. Housed in the original box is a COMPLETE SET OF 22 BOY SCOUT FIGURES. The box measures 16 1/2 x 8 3/4" with a color plate mounted on the cover. The flaps have been nicely reinforced and the box is in VG+ condition. The scouting figures are mounted on heavy card and set into wooden bases. There is also a folding tent labeled "Boy Scouts Company A" with an American flag attached. The scouts are in two scouting patrols each with a leader and seven scouts plus a fife and rum corps with 4 drummers and 2 pipers. All pieces are complete and unbroken. The Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910 and this is an early and wonderful scouting toy not often found complete in such nice condition.

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New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1915. Near fine in very good box.. Complete set of 22 Boy Scout paper toys and a pop-up tent, executed in McLoughlin's signature vibrant chromolithography. THE BOY SCOUTS IN CAMP showcases classic McLoughlin style and illustrates the social mindset of pre-WWI America. Though the set lacks a date, we find a listing for it in a McLoughlin catalogue from 1915, under the category of "Soldier Games" alongside sets of "Skirmishers" and "War, with Rapid Fire Guns." This proximity is significant: as WWI raged in Europe and vocal contingents lobbied for America to join the fray, the Boy Scouts were framed as "little soldiers at home" ("Marketing the War on the Home Front") and modeled their uniforms and discipline on military standards. The blurry line between Scout and soldier is literal in THE BOY SCOUTS IN CAMP: though the pipers and drummers in this collection appear to be very young, their uniforms more closely resemble those of Doughboys than Scouts, indicating that… Read More
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