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Antique Cross Stitch Sampler Girl Scouts 1932 #1130842

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Antique Cross Stitch Sampler Girl Scouts 1932 #1130842
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GIRL SCOUT COLLECTORS.... LOOK AT THIS!</em></td>
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<P>Here is a wonderful and quite rare item. An antique sampler featuring a Girl Scout theme.

<P>This sampler is done in all cross stitch with silk (?) thread on a linen (?) back.

<P>Design Features:
<P>- Spool with needle
<P>- Steaming Cup
<P>- Lyre
<P>- Flags
<P>- Pen and pad of paper
<P>- Girl scouts
<P>- Squirrels
<P>- Birds
<P>- Schoolhouse
<P>- "Patrol I"

<P>As you may already know, in girl scouts one objective is to earn badges in different fields of study. This person obviously earned several. As best as my research can show me I believe the spool with needle represents a needleworking badge. The steaming cup represents the hostess badge. I think the instrument in the center is Lyre and therefore would represent some sort of music badge. The final item is hard to decipher, I think it is a pad of paper and a pen which would represent some sort of writing badge.

<P>The work also has two scouts waving flags...actually they are doing "signaling". On thing you learn in scouts is how to communicate with flag signals.

<P>The schoolhouse is representative, I am guessing, of where they would have their girl scout meetings.

<P>"Patrol I" is representative of the patrol this particular needleworker was involved in. A patrol is a subdivision of a total troop made up of 4-8 girls and comprised based on their ages, interests and friendships.

<P>Condition: Very good. No holes. No stains. No loose ...
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<tr><td>Condition:very good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:ca. 1932</td></tr>

<tr><td>Maker:Ruth R. Morrison</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:15</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:19</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Antique Cross Stitch Sampler Girl Scouts 1932</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:cross stitch</td></tr>


<tr><td>Location:Batavia, IL</td></tr>
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