Item RSP/7/e/334 - Photograph: Forest Lake Wolf Patrol Scouts

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RSP/7/e/334

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Photograph: Forest Lake Wolf Patrol Scouts

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  • 21 Aug 1917 (Creation)

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Regent Street Polytechnic (1891-1970)
(1891-1970)

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University of Westminster Archive

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Photographic postcard showing a group of seven boy scouts and their Scout master. The boys are holding a sign saying 'Forest Lake Wolf Patrol: all first class scouts'. Annotated on the front 'This is the best Patrol in the US but it is not the Scout Master who says so!' Address to JEK Studd Esq, Polytechnic, Regent St, London W, England' and postmarked Forest Lake Minn, 21 Aug 1917 with a two cent stamp. The message reads 'Dear Mr Studd, I'm sorry to trouble you, but they sent me a 'Poly Mag' for July instead of August! Hope all is well with you and that the new 'Poly' is a thing of beauty as well as a joy forever. All is well with us & our praise is to his Name & Glory. Yours in haste, GF [Gilruth Finley]

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Status: Open. Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000

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      Condition: Excellent

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      SPB11/114

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