Onteora patches 1956 - 1979

Ever since Onteora opened for summer camping in 1956 the camp has commemorated its history through an amazing number of patches. Things stated off slowly, as you will see, but in recent years there have been patches for all sorts of activities and fund raisers beyond the traditional summer camp patches.

I scanned many of these patches years ago when file sizes were usually kept low both for space and for download times. I hope to redo these in larger sizes in the future.

Please let me know if you have any patches not shown - even a scan would be appreciated.

This is the very first Onteora patch, issued in 1956. Thanks to Joe Schloss for the scan of this very rare item! WANTED	1957 For the next decade Onteora would share the design for summer camp patches with Wauwepex	1958
1959 This was the first of the tepee series used for several years	1960	1961
1962	1963	1964
1965 This was the last of the tepee designs until 1998	1966	1967 This was a joint issue for Onteora and Wauwepex
1968 This was the first year that the Onteora and Wauwepex patches featured different designs	1969 This next to impossible to read patch features Onteora's Wildcat Falls	1970
1971	1972	1973 Joint issue with Alder Lake and Camp Wauwepex
1974	1975 This was a joint issue for Onteora and Wauwepex	1976 20th Anniversary of OSR
1976 This patch was a joint issue for Onteora and Wauwepex	1977	1978
1978 Jacket patch	This 1978 patch was a fund raiser to build a cabin at OSR. Evidently they didn't raise the money as the cabin wasn't built. Issued by Buckskin Lodge.	1979
1979 A "temporary" patch intended for short term wear on the uniform	Undated jacket patch. Probable 1970s issue