More Variations on a Theme

California camp patch collector Matthew Potthast responded to my recent post of camp patches with a particular design by sending a scan of four Camp Oneonta (CA) patches from the 1940s with the common theme of evergreen trees on the edge of a lake with a canoe and canoeist set in the middle foreground. This design for late 30s and 40s camp patches is usually sewn on white twill with one or two colors of embroidery but there are many variations. Potthast writes: "I've also seen a 1942 which is similar to these and a 30's era diamond patch. I believe I've seen similar designs on other camp patches of that era."

Oneonta, California, or Oneonta Beach, now part of Imperial, CA. If anyone has any more information on this now-apparently defunct camp, it would be appreciated.