You are mainly seeking 35mm film containers placed at the base
of a metal post or in a guard rail. However there are a few
magnetic key holders. They are only hidden in areas with wide
shoulders and/or ample parking and they tend to shy away from homes
and businesses. As always, be careful as you hunt them, the world
can be a dangerous place.
Sixth Edition /
1959
The Sixth Edition cover art was by Norman Rockwell, painting of
a Scout with pack, walking by and waving. The Scout is wearing a
red neckerchief as usual, overseas cap, and leggings (for many
years in the '50s and '60s, the BSA promoted leggings through their
artwork, though these were seldom worn by Scouts outside of the
handbooks and catalogs).
An interesting error, never detected in seven printings, is the
Scout's belt—which is backwards. Due to lack of time,
Rockwell painted only the figure itself, someone else filled in the
background scene of Scouts hiking and in camp. This is the only
Rockwell painting specifically done as a Handbook cover, in honor
of the BSA's 50th Anniversary. The back cover continues the scene
from the front cover background.
The Sixth Edition brought in the modern age of Scout Handbooks,
although much has changed since that first multi-colored handbook
celebrated the BSA's 50th Anniversary. For the first time, a Scout
Handbook has a single author throughout. For this duty, the BSA
selected William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, who had written every
Handbook for Scoutmasters since 1936 and every Handbook for Patrol
Leaders the BSA had ever had up to that time (the BSA had no
guidebook for Patrol Leaders until 1929).
There were 4,000,000 copies printed.
