How Old is This?

[Doug Mauck]

I found this Saturday in the grassy area at the City Building. It's a Boy Scouts neckerchief slide, I think from the 1950's. It probably had a thin copper plate, but it's all gone now. I'll be looking that area over more carefully! I also found a 1937 wheat cent, so there should be silver in there somewhere! (These new topics are confusing!)

 

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[KevGA]

I've been digging on this one and am still a bit stumped, but what I have narrowed down is that it appears not to be from the 40's-50's. I found several examples from this time frame, and a noticable difference is if you look to the bottom left of the slide you can see 2 1/2 "ropes". Slides from the 40's-50's had 4 complete "ropes". You may want to try this guy, he is listed as a neckerchief slide collector:

John Koppen
12705 N.W. Puddy Gulch Rd.
Yamhill, OR 97148-8020
503-662-3953

Unfortunately no email addy was provided. Good luck!

 

[Monty]

I had one like it that I wore with my scout uniform back in the mid to late 50's. I think you can still buy that same type today. Where you found it and under what circumsances may help determine how old it really is.