Scouting at the World's Fair

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Other World's Fairs and Expositions

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This is where you'll find out what changes have been made to the site recently.

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Thursday, January 24, 2002

Added images of BSA pamphlet "Scouting at the New York World's Fair 1964-1965 to the 1964-65 NYWF page.

Thursday, June 21, 2001

Added image of the Souvenir Photo Card from 1926 Sesqicentennial Exposition to the Other World's Fairs and Expositions page.

Friday, June 15, 2001

Added image of the Campways B.S.A. Road Atlas to the 1964-65 NYWF page.

Tuesday, June 12, 2001

Added image of the World's Fair Trail patch to the Other World's Fairs and Expositions page.

Also added unusual handmade "international" neckerchief to the 1964-65 NYWF page.

Wednesday, June 6, 2001

Added an additional page covering Other World's Fairs and Expositions to the website.

Friday, May 25, 2001

Added patch segments and postal cover to the 1962 Seattle page.

Added Canada Centenary Woggle to the Expo67 page.

Added color photographic postcard set to 1964-65 NYWF page.

Added Frankfurt, KY contingent patch to 1964-65 NYWF page.

Added Otetiana Council neckerchief to 1964-65 NYWF page.

Friday, May 11, 2001

Added North Shore Area Council Service Corps contingent neckerrchief  to 1964-65 NYWF page.

Monday, January 29, 2001

Added Girl Scout Postcard and Boy Scout Duties and Responsibilities booklet to 1939-40 New York page.

Wednesday, January 3, 2001

Added image of Boy Scout Day SOSSI Postal Cover to the 1964-65 NYWF page.

Wednesday June 7, 2000

Made some minor organizational changes to the 1939-40 New York page.

Added images of the Girl Scout Souvenir Card Game, TRUPE, to the 1939-40 New York page.

Wednesday, April 12, 2000

Added image of souvenir pennant to the Expo67 page.

Made minor corrections to the text on the main page.

Tuesday, April 11, 2000

Added images of green Service Corps jacket patch and yellow neckerchief to Expo67 page.

Friday, April 7, 2000

Added images of three official 1940 BSA Service Camp postcards to the 1939-40 New York page.

Added image of the Scout Service Corps Manual for 1965 to the 1964-65 NYWF page.

Monday, March 27, 2000

Added images of the flyer handed out at the fair to attract visitors to the Boy Scout Service Camp to the 1939-40 New York page.

Added unknown contingent neckerchief to the 1964-65 NYWF page.

Friday, March 24, 2000

Added image of the Troop 74 - Worcester, Mass. Contingent pocket patch to the 1964-65 NYWF page.

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Added images of a scout's gatepass and attached tickets from 1940 to the 1939-40 New York page. 

Tuesday, February 29, 2000

Added images of a Pennsylvania Railroad discount train ticket for Boy Scout Day at the New York World's Fair to the 1939-40 New York page.

Added Boy Scout Day Poster to the 1939-40 GGIE page.

Friday, February 18, 2000

Added images of the Girl Scout Guide to New York and the New York World's Fair to the 1939-40 New York page.

Wednesday, February 9, 2000

Added three additional souvenir pocket patches to the Expo67 page.

Tuesday, February 1, 2000

Added article from the April 1933 Scouting Magazine to the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair page.

Thursday, January 27, 2000

Added article from the April 1934 Scouting Magazine to the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair page.

Tuesday, January 4, 2000

Added image of unusual postal cover to Expo67 page.

Monday, January 3, 2000

Added image of green Scout Service Corps Pocket Patch to Expo67 page.

Wednesday, December 22, 1999

Added image of East Haven, CT contingent patch to 1964-65 NYWF page.

Monday, November 29, 1999

Added images of wallet card handout to 1964-65 NYWF page.

Tuesday, November 23, 1999

Added image of Service Scouts Armband to 1962 Seattle page.

Monday, November 22, 1999

Added item describing the Scouting Centre at Expo67 from the January, 1967 issue of Scouting Magazine to the Expo67 page.

Tuesday, October 19, 1999

Added images of Service Corps jacket to the 1964-65 NYWF page.

Friday, September 17, 1999

Added International Scout Centre postcard to the Montreal Expo '67 page.

Added unusual postage stamp to the 1964-65 New York page.

Added odd postal cover to the 1962 Seattle page.

Added two postal covers - one Boy Scout and one Camp Fire Girls - to the 1964-65 New York page.

Added Map of World's Fair provided by the Boy Scouts of America to the 1939-40 New York page.

Tuesday, August 17, 1999

Replaced Service Unit Neckerchief black and white image with a full color scan on 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair page.

Thursday, July 1, 1999

Added image of poster to the 1939-40 NY page.

Wednesday, June 30, 1999

Added images of the Girl Scout Chalet Charm to the 1939-40 NY page.

Monday, June 21, 1999

Replaced black & white 1940 NYWF round sticker image with full color image on 1939-40 NY page.  Added images of two postal covers commemorating the 1940 World's Fair Cruise of the S.S.S. Porpoise and the S.S.S. Spindrift to the 1939-40 NY page.

Thursday, June 3, 1999

Added image of 1962 Seattle World's Fair Postal Cover honoring Girl Scouts who acted as guides at the event to the 1962 Seattle page.  Added images of 1939 and 1940 Service Camp ID cards to the 1939-40 NYWF page.

Thursday, May 13, 1999

Added image of 1939 Orange neckerchief to the 1939-40 NYWF page.

Tuesday, April 20, 1999

Added Postal cover for Boy Scout Day to the 1962 Seattle page.

Friday, April 16, 1999

I updated the References page adding a significant amount of information regarding sources of information I have used in developing these pages.

Thursday, April 15, 1999

Added B&W image of Service Unit Neckerchief to 1933-34 Chicago WF page.  Also added image of Scouting magazine ad from July 1934 to this page.

Wednesday, April 14, 1999

Added Turk's Head Neckerchief Slide image to 1939-40 NYWF page and updated other information on that page.

Tuesday, March 30. 1999

Added images of the BSA pavilion milk cap and BSA pavilion playing card to the 1964-65 NYWF page.

Monday, March 15, 1999

Added image of the Max Silber 1964-65 World's Fair Service Corps belt buckle to the 1964-65 New York World's Fair page.  Inserted background information with the image.

Friday, March 12, 1999

Added image of 1939-40 NYWF horseshoe shaped Safety Monitor Badge.
Added copy from the B.S.A. promotional brochure for the 1939-40 NYWF Service Camp.
Added b&w photo of the 1939-40 NYWF Scout service camp.

Saturday, March 6, 1999

Added 1939 Blue Neckerchief image.

Friday, March 5, 1999

Added Service Scout Jacket to the 1962 Seattle page.
Performed some housekeeping on wayward checkmarks.

Wednesday, February 24, 1999

Added 1939 blue with orange neckerchief overprinted as 1940.
Added image of 1939 Safety Monitor neckerchief.

Tuesday, February 23, 1999

Updated status of items on the Expo67 page.
Added images of Keychain and Neckerchief Slide to Expo67 page.
Updated References page.

Friday, February 19, 1999

Added images of a 1939-40 NYWF "Scout" pocket knife to the appropriate page with interesting seller description.

Wednesday, February 10, 1999

Added image of 1940 Scout Day admission ticket.

Tuesday, February 2, 1999

Improved images on the 1933-34 Century of Progress page.
Improved images on the 1939-40 NYWF page.
Added Girl Scout Sticker to 1939-40 NYWF page.

Sunday, January 31, 1999

Improved the quality of the images on the 1939-40 GGIE page.
Added a References page to provide the reader with direct access to the information and image sources used.

Friday, January 29, 1999

Improved the quality of the images on the 1964-65 NYWF page.
Added the Troop 39 local issue contingent neckerchief.
Added Service Corps neckerchief, pocket patch, jacket patch and business card to the Expo67 page.