Years ago my mother purchased this book at the Green Dragon Market in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Our family history goes back severa...

I purchased this old worn out children's book a couple of decades ago at a thrift store in Bandon, Oregon. For those familiar with Band...

This is an odd and interesting little children’s book I bought decades ago at Castle Books on the old Burbank mall. It was a great store an...

Use a Kodak, earn a badge. I'd have enjoyed getting that badge. Click on image to see it larger. This is another ad from the 1960 Boy Sc...

As a Boy Scout you never know what type of support you'll need. Surely you'll need a reliable motor so you aren't left stranded ...

More ads from the 1960 Boy Scout Handbook. This one seems a little on the odd side. They make a point in the copy of saying that the "f...

The one thing advertised over and over again in the Boy Scout handbook are guns. Lots of rifles. I think a total of 7 ads. A reader of yeste...

My last post was about the 1960 Boy Scout Handbook. I mentioned I'd be featuring some ads from the book. There are a total of over 40 ad...

This weeks Sepia Saturday theme is scouting. What better time to show some images from the 1960 Boy Scout Handbook? I bought this book at a...