Neal Manufacturing Company

The Neal Manufacturing Company was a neckerchief slide company based in Biddeford, Maine. It was founded by C. Millard Neal, proprietor of Neal's Novelty Shop.

Background

Neal was a Unit and District Level Volunteer with the Pine Tree Council. The company made a large series of bakelite neckerchief slides. They also made many special event slides. Most slides were sold unpainted. Earlier slides have the word "NEAL" written on the neckerchief holder, while later ones say, "NEAL SLIDE", and "NEAL SLIDE ®". The "®" on the last style, the most prevalent, is actually a circled r stands for registered trademark. The period of their manufacture may also be indicated by the color of the resin used.^[1]

These were sold to summer camps and local councils, often sold at the trading post.^[2] The Scout Museum at the Pine Tree Council offices has a display on these nationally popular plastic slides. The slides featured every imaginable Scout image. Some came pre-painted but most scouts bought the plain ones and painted them themselves.^[3]

Gallery

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  Indian head
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  1964 scoutoree
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  Conservation foot
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  Trail Hiker
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  Hiker of the Schiff Trails
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  Ten Mile River
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  Camp Trail Hiker HCC

External links

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• "National Camp Directors Guide". Alden Getz. 1962-03-15. Retrieved 9 March 2012. THE QUALITY PLASTIC NECKERCHIEF SLIDE FURNISHED UNPAINTED FOR A CAMP HANDICRAFT PROJECT
  HANDICRAFT KITS
  BOLO CORDS - SLIDES - TIPS
  TO BE PAINTED & ASSEMBLED
  Write for Information
  NEAL'S NOVELTY SHOP
  DEPT.-CD P.O. BOX 470
  BIDDEFORD MAINE 

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