fgoodwin 23 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 From the Time Magazine photo essay: http://tinyurl.com/yleoxhc The beginning of the photo essay: http://tinyurl.com/yhk4w96 Link to post Share on other sites
WAKWIB 107 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Thanks for posting that link. It seems Scouting is getting a lot of good coverage. BTW: We had a cook at camp way back in the day that we thought looked as good as that Den Mother. I think it was a case of youthful optimism. Link to post Share on other sites
CalicoPenn 729 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Thank goodness my Den Mother didn't look like that - I would have run off screaming into the afternoon, never to return...and I liked my mother's cooking. No, seriously - this is one scary looking Den Leader - though I'm sure she's a perfectly nice woman and it's all the photographers fault for making her up and posing her looking like a clown. Link to post Share on other sites
phips 10 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Thanks for posting that link. Link to post Share on other sites
perdidochas 658 Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Just a bit of trivia--the "Den Mother" in those photos is model Jerry Hall, who was Mick Jagger's longtime girlfriend. Link to post Share on other sites
SR540Beaver 116 Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I saw that earlier today and had the same thought. I also thought it was Jerry Hall, but wasn't sure. Link to post Share on other sites
ghermanno 11 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Your Den Leader probably never wore a garrison cap either. Looks strange. Link to post Share on other sites
infoscouter 11 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 That photo was from a publicity opportunity the BSA and Oscar de la Renta put on, at the time of the new uniform design. Ms. Hall is wearing the female *Boy Scouter* uniform, not with Mr. de la Renta's hat, but with the previous overseas style hat. The original 1981 uniform redesign had both female Boy Scout and Cub Scout leaders in a yellow blouse. Boy Scout leaders wore green trousers/shorts/skirts. Cub Scout leaders wore blue. A couple years later was when the tan blouse, with a strong resemblance to the male shirt debuted. Link to post Share on other sites
NWScouter 9 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 The yellow den leader shirt, depending on which batch of fabric used, was almost to by gosh entirely see through. My ex-wife always wore a white turtle neck shirt with it. The slide show was nice that Time has but its caption writers have the National and World Jamborees mixed up. Those shots are from a National Jamboree. All are wearing a national Jambo patches and all are BSA. When did we have blue troop numbers? In the 50's era scouts they have blue unit numbers?(This message has been edited by Nwscouter) Link to post Share on other sites
emb021 16 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 "When did we have blue troop numbers? In the 50's era scouts they have blue unit numbers?" Up until about 1955, we had program-specific unit numbers and council/community/state strips. This to make the different uniforms worn by members of each program. Cub Scouts: yellow on blue strips & numbers Boy scouts: red on khaki strips, white on red numbers Explorers: brown on green strips & numbers Air Scouts/Explorers: royal blue on sky blue strips & numbers Sea Scouts/Explorers: white on blue & blue on white strips & numbers Link to post Share on other sites
NWScouter 9 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 So these scouts are wearing Cub numbering on their Boy Scout Shirts? My Cub shirt in 1960 had the red and white numbers, and we have the red & white strips. Seattle and Wash. Then when I moved just north of the city when I was a Boy Scout, the top strip became Innis Arden. Link to post Share on other sites
emb021 16 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 "So these scouts are wearing Cub numbering on their Boy Scout Shirts?" Yup. Link to post Share on other sites
acco40 95 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Yes, Jerry Hall from March, 1980. I would not describe Ms. Hall as "scary" but the flag does appear "backwards" to me in photo. Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Wasn't Jerry Hall accused of Witchcraft sometime in the 80's or 90's? Some people said she cast a curse on the Rolling Stones and turned them all into dull, ugly, wizened, used-up old men Link to post Share on other sites
Hal_Crawford 15 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 "Some people said she cast a curse on the Rolling Stones and turned them all into dull, ugly, wizened, used-up old men" Nah... it was the drugs. If they don't kill you you first you end up looking like Mick and Keith. Now that is a cautionary tale. Hal Link to post Share on other sites
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