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.
Seventh Edition /
1965
The Seventh Edition cover art was by Dom Lupo. It was a painting
of Scouts in various hats and neckerchiefs, wearing backpacks and
smiling. The background is a camp scene very similar to that of the
Sixth Edition, also continued onto the back cover.
The Seventh Edition resulted from a BSA revision of the
advancement requirements, but the changes in the Handbook's text
and arrangement were minimal. The combined Sixth and Seventh
Editions have the most copies in print of all Handbooks (8.2
million).
These editions are easily distinguished from earlier ones by
their larger size and especially by the attractive, full-color
artwork throughout. They reintroduce rowing and canoeing, alcohol
and tobacco, coffee and tea. The section on lifesaving is reduced
to elementary rescues. Early printings have little star information
and nothing about poisonous snakes. There is no longer any
discussion of tent-making or weather or handicrafts. The Sixth
Edition has only one illustration of the taut line hitch with no
instructions on how to tie it; all other knots are grouped together
in another section of the book. The Sixth and Seventh Editions are
the first Handbooks not to contain a listing of the requirements
for all merit badges.
The Seventh Edition deletes how to measure heights and distances
(since these had been removed from the advancement requirements),
and it is the first Handbook to state that a saw is a useful tool
(only the axe is included in earlier editions). The Seventh Edition
is also the first Handbook to show non-white faces (the BSA
permitted its chartered Scout Councils to operate racially
segregated districts and troops as late as 1971).
There were over 4,000,000 copies printed.
