Name/Title
Information regarding Girl Scouts Day at the GGIE, 1939Entry/Object ID
2021.128.13Scope and Content
Acc. No. 21.128.13 A-F
Subject Category: Girl Scouts, Golden Gate International Exposition
Date or Period: 1939
Object: archive
Description: A. typed letter on yellow paper, on stationery with letterhead stating 'San Francisco Girl Scout Council, Inc., B. Mimeographed copy of typed note, on pale blue paper, stating 'Special Notice!'; C. Mimeographed typed note stating 'Dear Leader Who Is Coming to the Fair:'; D. Mimeographed typed flyer stating 'What Shall We See at the Exposition'; Stationery sample of letter (E) and envelope (F) of the California commission of the Golden Gate International Exposition.
Size: various
History of Object: Letter addressed to Mrs. C.W. Martin, with inclusions, which appears to have originally accompanied a set of tickets for the Girl Scout Day, May 13, 1939, at the Golden Gate International Exposition. Mrs. Martin had submitted the list of proposed recipients for the Alameda Girls Scout groups. 3000 participants tickets had been handed out by the organizers, but the demand for them from all over California exceeded the supply, however generous.
Acquired from: Estate of Nancy Martin
Donation Date: 2016
Catalog Date: 12/1/2021