Vintage Boy Scouts of America 1937 National Jamboree Scoutmaster's Adirondack Trapper's Backpack 

This is trully an extraordinary estate discovery. This backpack was owned by a BSA Scoutmaster from Danbury, Connecticut's Troop 2 who took a group of scouts to the very first National Jamboree in Washington DC in 1937. Artifacts from the original National Jamboree are rarely found.

The first BSA National Jamboree was scheduled for August of 1935 but was cancelled due to a polio epidemic. It was resceduled for 1937 and held from June 30 through July 9 on the grounds of the Washington Monument with 27,000 scouts and leaders participating.

This backpack comes with a transportation tag (please see digital images) designating it for train transport from Connecticut to Washington DC. The name and address of the Scoutmaster is on the back of the tag....but not shown here to preserve family privacy. The white tag will be sold with the backpack....the estate/family has asked to retain the blue tag (not included with this sale, shown for information purposes only). 

 

The backpack is patriotically hand-painted in red, white and blue...with a hand-painted 1684 and an image of a Native American shaking hands with a Colonial Settler. This primitive artwork honors the founding of Danbury, Connecticut when eight Settler families arrived in the area and aquired land from the Paugusset Tribe of Native Americans.     

The backpack is a woven split wood design with grosgrain straps and three metal buckels....it measures 20 inches tall, 14 inches wide, and 10 inches deep with a red canvas top.

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