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Girl Scout Birthday Week Freebies!
Starting back in 1934 Girl Scouting started a long lasting tradition of giving away small Girl Scout items for free during Girl Scout Week. This encouraged Girl Scouts and their parents to visit the approved local distributor for Girl Scouts - usually a department store in bigger cities. Identifying and finding these freebies is an ongoing process. The list shown here is from the Girl Scout Collector's Guide.
1934 - multiple items
1935 - metal bookmark
1936 - 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" metal picture frame
1937 - "Sport Scarf", 19" x 19", rayon, map of USA and GS, later sold in GS catalogs
1938 - charm, 26th anniversary, horseshoe
1939 - charm, 27th anniversary, Chalet & World's Fair
1940 - Souvenir Card Case (no image)
1941 - Flags Pin - later sold in GS catalogs
1942 - vanity photo case (no image)
1943-1946 - no Birthday Week give-aways due to World War II
1947 - 2" mirror with trefoil
1948 - 1 1/2" gold color coin with GS trefoil
1949 - coin holder, "A Girl Scout is Thrifty" all green, later sold in catalogs
1950 - pencil sharpener on key chain
"1912-1950"
1951 - clear green heart-shaped coin purse
1952 - Tic-Tac-Toe game
1953 - green "lizardgator" coin purse
1954 - 4" nickel nail file & case
1955 - pencil sharpener shaped like a top, yellow & green
1956 - triangle green coin purse
1957 - Patience Puzzle
1958 - Billfold of bright green vinyl with transparent self-seal purse
(no image)
1959 - Photo card case of forest green pigskin-grain plastic with 4 transparent sections
1960 - green luggage tag
1961 - gold plastic change purse
1962 - Novelty key chain for the 50th anniversary of Girl Scouting
1963 - Gold plastic memo book 2"x 2 3/4
1964 - Triangular shaped coin purse - gold
1965 - Two-tone vinyl ball point pen
1966 - Golden yellow vinyl photo holder with two see-through pockets (no image)
1967 - 3 pastel pens in a vinyl case (no image)
1968 - mini whistle, green & orange
1969 - Snippy Scissors, 4" with trefoil
1970 - Birthday shopping bag (no image)
1971 - Red, white and blue pen, 1912-1971
1972 - yellow vinyl coin purse (no image)
1973 - Patch "Week of Celebration"
Reverse has GS promise
The Sports Scarf was later called the Peasant Scarf and came in 4 colors; red, blue, green and yellow. 50 cents.
enlarged
Thought to be the 1948 coin, not verified
Mirror on reverse
The give-away coin hold was all green. The one sold in the GS catalogs was green & red.
Also sold in GS calatogs
Girl Scout Special Days & Special Ways
Bicentennial Girl Scout Day | Girl Scout Week thru the Years...
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Its a Girl Scout Christmas | Girl Scout Christmas Ornaments #1
Girl Scout Christmas Ornaments #2 | Girl Scout Christmas Ornaments #3
Girl Scouts at the World's Fairs | Girl Scout Birthday Week Freebies
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