{"product_id":"vintage-maine-outing-club-embroidered-patch","title":"Maine Outing Club Patch, Felt — c. 1940s-50s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage Maine Outing Club patch, estimated to date from the 1940s or 50s, cut from a round of tan felt with no applied border at all — the edge raw, thinned and fraying away on every side. A navy ring carries MAINE across the top and OUTING CLUB around the bottom, with a dark pine standing alone on an olive-green disc in the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOuting clubs are how most people in the Northeast actually got outdoors. A van, a sign-up sheet on a corkboard, dues of a few dollars a term, and somebody's father who owned a roof rack and was prepared to drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo resort ever put that on a billboard, and no resort could have existed without it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe clubs also did something no resort has ever managed, which is make skiing cheap. Group rates, shared gas, borrowed gear and a bus. An entire generation got into the sport because somebody organized a sign-up sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmbroidered on felt, cut edge, no applied border, with thinning and fraying throughout. Photos are the condition report.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ropetow Vintage Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55537898029361,"sku":"RV-ME-098","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/2048\/7473\/files\/ropetow-vintage-co-maine-outing-club-patch.jpg?v=1792336392","url":"https:\/\/ropetowvintage.com\/products\/vintage-maine-outing-club-embroidered-patch","provider":"Ropetow Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}