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Uncle Dan Beard, national Boy Scout commissioner, congratulates Richard Courtney for receiving the James Russell medal for bravery at the National Boy Scout Day ceremonies

 

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Title:
Uncle Dan Beard, national Boy Scout commissioner, congratulates Richard Courtney for receiving the James Russell medal for bravery at the National Boy Scout Day ceremonies
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0004_00159_001.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3zw18s5v
Type:
Image
Caption:
Uncle Dan Beard, national Boy Scout commissioner, congratulates 14-year old Richard Courtney of Champaign, Ill., for receiving the James Russell medal for bravery at the National Boy Scout Day ceremonies at the World's Fair. Left to right in the group shown here are Clarence Novak, Chicago Eagle Scout, Uncle Dan, Richard Courtney, General Abel Davis, who presented Courtney with the medal on behalf of the Combat Medal Men's Association, and John Celba, of Diamond Lake, Ill., who won the award last year.


Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Medals
Awards
Rites and ceremonies
Subject--Name:
Boy Scouts of America

Photographer:
Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:
Photographs
Color:
Black and white
Extent:
7.5 x 9.25 in.

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
Show more details:
Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
4
Folder:
159
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements


Acknowledgements
Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.

Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)