{"product_id":"vintage-middlebury-college-mountain-club-embroidered-patch","title":"Middlebury Mountain Club Patch, Felt — c. 1940s-50s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage Middlebury College Mountain Club patch from Vermont, estimated to date from the 1940s or 50s, a round seal with a crimped, scalloped edge worked almost solid in royal blue on cream felt. MOUNTAIN CLUB arched across the top, MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE around the bottom, and in the middle a stitched landscape: a ridgeline, a stand of firs, water below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOuting clubs are the quiet half of ski history. The racers got the write-ups and the trophies; the club got everybody else up the hill on a Saturday in somebody's older brother's car with four pairs of skis sticking out the window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore Americans learned to ski through a club like this than through any resort marketing campaign ever written. Almost none of it was recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey also ran on an enormous amount of unpaid labor by students who had no idea they were building an institution and simply wanted to get up a mountain on Saturday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmbroidered on felt, scalloped cut edge. Photos are the condition report.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ropetow Vintage Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55920380576049,"sku":"RV-VT-066","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/2048\/7473\/files\/ropetow-vintage-co-middlebury-mountain-club-patch.webp?v=1787703245","url":"https:\/\/ropetowvintage.com\/products\/vintage-middlebury-college-mountain-club-embroidered-patch","provider":"Ropetow Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}