I'm amazed at just how much GS paraphernalia there was available in 1949! For example, the official GS bathrobe and bedroom slippers:
Although you've gotta know that I'd give my eyeteeth to find one of those aprons at a thrift!A whole range of GS wardrobe options. My favorite is the checked boy-style wool jacket on the right. Very evocative of the time period to me.
You can even make official trefoil-shaped GS cookies with this handy cookie cutter! I actually found a GS cookie cutter at the same estate sale that I bought this catalog, but it's a newer style. Still fun, though.
I had to show this page because I once bought a charm bracelet exactly like the one in the picture! It was from one of the best garage sales I've ever encountered, run by a couple who were big time into buying at auctions and selling off all the stuff they didn't want for almost nothing. Really, the stuff of garage sale legend.
Anyway, the charm on the bracelet is quite large and has "Be Prepared" engraved all over the front and back in many different languages. I ended up selling it on eBay but it didn't go for as much as I had hoped, so maybe I should have just kept it. Oh well. Maybe I'll come across another one, like Rebecca did!Is anybody craving a Thin Mint, or is it just me? Good thing I have some still stashed in the fridge for just such an occasion!
You find the best gems!
ReplyDeleteI was a girl scout forever growing up and would love to find some of these goodies in the catalog. Love that checked jacket as well...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
p.s. I still wear my old girl scout uniform complete with badges for a great halloween costume (altho it is now short in length and rather tight in the bust)
I have a gob of old Girl Scout/Scouting items that I need to research and put on ebay. (No bracelet or it would be all yours). I have several old uniforms, handbooks, a journal, photo album, etc. I just may be asking you to help me figure it all out. ;o)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I haven't had a Girl Scout Cookie in ten years!
Love that catalog. I found a bunch of GS uniforms and accessories at a garage sale a few years back. It was from the 60s. I bought it for $7 and want to say I sold it as a lot for about $30 or so. It seems like the patches go for a lot, if you have the desired ones. I found it easier to just sell it as a lot. I would love one of those cookie cutters though!
ReplyDeleteMy fave GS is the savanahs--peanut butter sandwiches. Though Thin Mints are great too.
Oh how I miss Tag Alongs LOL. (Though my sister says if you take two vanilla wafers, spread peanut butter in between and dip it in chocolate it's very simlar!)
ReplyDeleteI was lucky to find that bracelet! I'll keep an eye out for another, of course. I have a few pins and a GS canteen. :)