Official Girl Scout Camera - 1956 - in Natl Museum of American History

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Surprisingly, this little camera is exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. 

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1350828

This was my sister's camera in 1956, a Herbert-George Company Official Girl Scout Camera with attached flash assembly. The 620 roll film format camera has a black and red plastic body with two small grey metal panels attached to the front printed with a red grid. One surrounds the viewfinder and the other, printed with the phrase "Official Girl Scout" and the Girl Scout logo, is beneath the lens. A dial for advancing film and the shutter release button are two red plastic features on the camera's left side. The back of the camera is black plastic with a grid pattern and has two small round plastic panes, one for the view finder and the other over the film chamber. The camera used 620 size film. The camera's flash, black plastic with a metal pan, is marked XM2-PLUS+. The camera has an attached black plastic strap attached at the top, behind the flash. 

There are oxidation spots in the flash bowl and on the escutcheon plates, and note that the film is no longer available so the camera is not usable. 

Year of purchase - 1956

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