Can anyone identify a tent

When I was a kid we had these canvas tents that were heavy as hell for us little kids, but sturdy. They had 3 walls and a front zippered door. the base was about 6 or 7 feet square. The center was about 6ft tall. Each corner had a 3 piece pole 2 straight, 1 bent, that went into a hinged cross piece on the top.

I just inherited all this old equipment from my old Troop for a new Troop I am starting, but don't know what these tents are called.

Help ?

-don

Sounds like it might be a Baker tent????

No . . . not a baker tent.

A baker had twin poles in front, four walls and three sloping walls toward the side and back with canvas sides about 2 feet up that could be rolled for ventilation. The baker tent with its twin zippers could also form a dining fly in front.

The tent described in the origional quesion is older than even my favorite -- the Voyageur tent.

I'll have to research the name of it, but I know the tent.

Unc.

I camped in a similar tent as a young scout. We just called them "Army Tents" or "canvas tents", but I doubt that is the proper name you are looking for.

The tents we had were a little different. They were as you described, but there was no 'frame' to them. There were simply 2 six-foot poles at each end (one at the back wall, one at the opening) that were secured to the tent by grommets. Then, guy lines pulled the tent walls out on the sides, and supported the front and back.

Hope this helped,

Don

My thinking is that these are early Coleman tents from around the 60's and 70's....

They might be Springbar tents? If not Springbar might be a good choice. Check out www.springbar.com and see.

Sounds like it might be an old style umbrella tent. There were several different styles. Are the poles internal or external? The older ones were internal. My family owned several of these when I was a kid.

I don't think I can post a photo, but will try to email you direct with a couple.

I have a similar tent made by coleman,purchased mid 60's,the poles are external. The top pole has a 90 bend on one end and a 45 on the other.

It was called an external spider umbrella because the poles looked like spider legs.