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Boy Scouts [of the New York City area] at Hunter's Island: Sawing wood – Historic Print

Boy Scouts [of the New York City area] at Hunter's Island: Sawing wood, c1912. — historic photograph
Boy Scouts [of the New York City area] at Hunter's Island: Sawing wood, c1912.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Boy Scouts [of the New York City area] at Hunter's Island: Sawing wood. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Boy Scouts [of the New York City area] at Hunter's Island: Sawing wood

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Wood-cutting was a basic scouting skill, and this picture shows it at Hunter's Island, a wooded spot in the Bronx, where the caption places a group of Boy Scouts from the New York City area at work with a saw. The Boy Scouts of America was only about two years old when the photograph was taken around 1912, so the image records scouting in its early years, when outdoor camp chores were central to the program. The print was issued by Underwood & Underwood, a firm known for mass-produced photographs and stereographs that circulated widely. The record's details come from an unverified caption card, so the exact date and setting are worth checking against other sources.

Created / publishedc1912.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-143733 No copyright renewals. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Boy Scouts; Ph.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,184 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158702

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