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Roundup 1962 in Pictures

Just after my recent post on Girl Scout Roundups, I saw a collection of Roundup photos for sale on eBay. No one bid on them, so I snapped them up at the last minute. Even if they aren’t of Nation’s Capital people, they are part of Girl Scout history and should be saved. There were…

Ann Robertson
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Just after my recent post on Girl Scout Roundups, I saw a collection of Roundup photos for sale on eBay.

No one bid on them, so I snapped them up at the last minute. Even if they aren’t of Nation’s Capital people, they are part of Girl Scout history and should be saved.

There were two dozen black and white snapshots, most stamped “August 1962,” which coincides with the Button Bay Roundup in Vermont.

The seller lives in Ohio, and one of the girls in some of the photos (not included here) seems to be wearing an Ohio State University sweatshirt.

I’ll share some of the photos here, perhaps readers can help with captions?

Whoever these ladies are, they seem to be having tremendous fun.

Next up: What happened to the Roundups?

1962 Roundup 1
Photo 1: Pyramid
1962 Roundup 13
Photo 2: Tent city
1962 Roundup 12
Photo 3: Cooking in curlers
1962 Roundup 10
Photo 4: Patrol meeting
1962 Roundup 8
Photo 5: Church
1962 Roundup 5
Photo 6: Is that a goat? No, it’s a calf!
1962 Roundup 4
Photo 7: Crowd shot
1962 Roundup 11
Photo 8: Group shot with hats
1962 Roundup 2
Photo 9: “You can take your hats off, now.”
1962 Roundup 14
Photo 10: Smokey, leave the Pilgrim alone!
1962 Roundup 9
Photo 11: Guitars
1962 Roundup 7
Photo 12: Rehearsal
1962 Roundup 6
Photo 13: Helicopter

20 responses to “Roundup 1962 in Pictures”

  1. Lynne Snyder Avatar
    Lynne Snyder

    Photo 6 is with a calf, looks like a Jersey. =)

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    1. Ann Robertson Avatar
      Ann Robertson

      Ooops!

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  2. Kate Friman 1965 Roundup attendee # C6 154 0034 Avatar
    Kate Friman 1965 Roundup attendee # C6 154 0034

    Please post this on The Girl Scout Roundup Reunion page on Facebook… The 1965 reunion had a Facebook page also: Girl Scout Roundup 1965.

    Thank you for saving this piece of our history!

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    1. Ann Robertson Avatar
      Ann Robertson

      Please repost as necessary! I’m not a member of those groups.

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  3. a Avatar
    a

    These are very familiar looking scenes to me. I have just spent several days ( snowzilla kept me indoors) sorting through all of my pictures. I grew up in Baltimore and my mother worked at the Baltimore Area council office, now GS of Central Maryland. I have her scrapbook with pics of her troop in College Park, MD and some of her days as a counselor at Camp May Flather. Anybody remember wearing a Macy?

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    1. Ann Robertson Avatar
      Ann Robertson

      I would love to get copies of her photos!

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      1. Carol James Avatar
        Carol James

        I have my mothers 10k Girl Scout ring from the 1920s-30s. She just passed away at 94. Would be happy to donate it please let me know where to send it! Carol James

  4. April Barbour Robbins Avatar
    April Barbour Robbins

    These pictures brought back such good memories. This was the first time I had been away from home for an extended time. Remember waiting so anxiously in a telephone line to talk to my family. The comradadie was great.

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    1. Ann Robertson Avatar
      Ann Robertson

      Try explaining a “phone line” to girls today!

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  5. Jacquie Poteete Avatar
    Jacquie Poteete

    Those pictures bring back my wonderful memories of Roundup, 1962.

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  6. shadyheart2010 Avatar
    shadyheart2010

    These pictures bring back wonderful memories of Roundup ’62 to me, also. I think my ID number was 4M0080046, if my memory serves correctly. I remember hearing the vonTrapp Family one evening and the 50th Anniversary festivities; I also still have my straw hat with all the swaps on it… loved being a Girl Scout.

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  7. Jane Sayre Logan, Avatar
    Jane Sayre Logan,

    Jane Sayre Logan
    February 18, 2024 at 9:23 P.M

    I was one of 40 Girls Scouts who represented Dayton, Ohio and Surrounding Areas at the 1962 Senior Girl Scout Roundup. I was a Brownie then Girl Scout for a total of 10 years and fortunately had the same Leader all 10 years. My Girl Scout Troop # was 524 and met in Vandalia, Ohio. I remember riding the train to and from the Roundup. My tent was in a group which included scouts from California and New York. It was interesting to see the Army Helicopter picture. When we were in the outside shower area, we went to the wall when the helicopter flew over! I really enjoyed the Roundup
    because we met scouts from different parts of the world and there were 50th Anniversary activities. My 5 close friends of 70 years were in Girl Scouts with me.

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  8. Nancy Briggs(neeClarke) Avatar
    Nancy Briggs(neeClarke)

    I was the leader of 6 British Rangers to represent the UK at the Girl Scout Roundup held at Button Bay Vermont in 1962. I remember Maria von Trapp speaking to us one evening at a singalong. I did not know who she was at the time but have just finished reading her book in2024 entitled “The story of the Trapp Family Singers”_an excellent read

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  9. Cameron Rogers Avatar
    Cameron Rogers

    Ann, I was working on a professional presentation related to the Girl Scouts and remembered that my mom had been at Button Bay in ‘62. I came across your post and started scrolling through the photos. Despite the photos being a bit blurry (in addition to 9k+ participants at the Round Up) my eye landed on one photo of a GS pyramid, and I couldn’t help but squint at one individual in the pyramid. It’s my Mom, who was one of 8 representatives in the St Louis patrol. Thank you so much for these images!

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    1. Ann Robertson Avatar
      Ann Robertson

      That is so cool!!!

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  10. Caro P Avatar
    Caro P

    I have a bunch of color slides from my mother’s troop from NH, at Button Bay. I am in the midst of scanning all of their slides, it’s a job.

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  11. Sherry Burnett Birney Avatar
    Sherry Burnett Birney

    I, too, was blessed to be one of the Scouts from Alabama at the ’62 Roundup! It was one of the most amazing experiences I have had, for it was the first time those of us girls from Alabama had ever had with our peers of a different color. The joy of hearts raised in song as Maria Von Trapp led us reaffirmed what many of us, though living in segregated social conditions already realized…Girl Scouts together!!! Always!

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  12. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    I’m an eBay seller too, and recently discovered a random photo in an old yearbook I was selling…it just so happens to be a group photo of the girls at the Senior Girl Scout Roundup Section III Camp I Troop 9 – Button Bay, Vermont 1962!!! I wish I could attach the pic here. There was a second picture (some sort of arial photo of maybe the camp?).

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  13. Lela Avatar
    Lela

    Small town California Girl here–also attended the 1962 Round-up. Rode the train all the way across the country to Vermont. Still have the sturdy G.S. canvas duffel bag with my name on it–that was our luggage. Pitched our own tents, built our own picnic tables. Cooked our own food. Rained almost every day in the afternoon. Loved it. Memory of a lifetime.

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    1. Ann Robertson Avatar
      Ann Robertson

      Thanks for sharing!

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