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Girl Scout pocket knife from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

1947-1973

Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An official Girl Scout pocket knife from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The multi tool pocket knife features a green handle coated with clear resin with the gold emblem of the Girl Scouts embedded in the resin. The emblem includes the trefoil shaped Girl Scouts shield. The shield features the American eagle device from the Great Seal of the United States, with text above the device that reads [GS], in relief inside the shield. The pocket knife tools include a cap lifter/screw driver, punch awl, cutter blade, and can punch. The can punch is stamped [CAN OPENER] and the cutter blade is stamped [KUTMASTER / [---?] / [---?]]. The pocket knife has a metal loop at the top.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: A2015.273.1.1.9

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