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Date
1928
Description
A photographic print portrait of an individual wearing a Girl Scout uniform and holding a handwritten and illustrated sign of the Laws of the Girl Scouts. The laws are: "I. A Girl Scout’s Honor is To Be Trusted II. A Girl Scout is Loyal III. A Girl Scout’s Duty is To Be Useful and to Help Others IV. A Girl Scout is a Friend To All, and a Sister to Every Other Girl Scout V. A Girl Scout is Courteous VI. A Girl Scout is a Friend To Animals VII. A Girl Scout Obeys Orders VIII. A Girl Scout is Cheerful IX. A Girl Scout is Thrifty X. A Girl Scout is Clean in Thought, Word and Deed." The Girl Scout pictured appears to be white. Written on photograph envelope: "Unidentified scout, 1928."
Corporate Name Subject
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Topical Subject
Girl Scouts
Genre
black-and-white photographs
Local Genre
photograph
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Commonwealth Council of the Girl Scouts of Virginia
Source
Laws of the Girl Scouts, 1928, 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_b023_f020_i009.jpg