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Date
1941-10-27
Description
A photographic print of three Girl Scouts, Marian Armistead, Miss Sowell, and Miss Garcia, sitting at a table indoors. They sort through a pile of pin-back buttons. A sign on the wall above them reads "Richmond Community Fund, Member Agency, For Richmond's Sake." All individuals appear to be white. "Oct 27 1941" handwritten on back. "These Girl Scouts, Marian Armistead, Miss Sowell and Miss Garcin (left to right) count buttons for the Community Fund drive workers. This is part of their civic work program, which includes also knit-ting for the American Red Cross and the British War Relief." taped and glued on back. "Property of COMMONWEALTH GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF VIRGINIA, INCORPORATED 1148 HANOVER GREEN DRIVE MECHANICSVILLE, VIRGINIA 23111" stamped on back.
Topical Subject
Girl Scouts; Handicraft; Pin-back buttons
Genre
black-and-white photographs
Local Genre
photograph
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by the Commonwealth Council of the Girl Scouts of Virginia. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Commonwealth Council of the Girl Scouts of Virginia
Source
Girl Scouts Crafting, 1941, Commonwealth Council of the Girl Scouts of Virginia records, M 400, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
M400_b024_f041_i003.jpg