Canadian Girl Guide photo album from the 1952 Girl Guide National Camp gathering, held at Ottawa's Connaught Ranges, and whose theme in 1952 was "Our Canadian Heritage."
Very good +.
Price: $375.00
The national gathering drew approximately 1200 Guides from across Canada and abroad, organized into camping groups of 25 girls each. A photo of this album owner's group -- Girl Guides in their middle or later teens, variously uniformed or t-shirted -- bears the signatures of the group members and admin staff on the reverse, a few noting their home provinces, with representatives from Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island.
Guides are variously pictured camping, swimming, picnicking outside in plaid shirts and jeans, and intimidating military men: One photo shows a Naval officer in dress whites, surrounded by teen Guides who appear to be demanding autographs; several other uniformed or be-suited men also appear, speaking to a large audience of gathered Guides or wandering through the crowd, and a drummer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Band poses with a group of girls. A well assembled collection of images of Girl Scouting in Canada.
[Ottawa]: n.p, [1952]. Oblong 8vo. String-tied tan leatherette covers. Mild edgewear, scuffing to back cover. 32 black and white photographs, mounted to black leaves rectos only. Approximately half of the album leaves are blank, with gaps between groups of photos. Very good plus.
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