Philmont Photo Archive spans 50 years: 1966 to 2016
The Philmont Photo Archive now stretches back to 1966, the year U.S. troops in Vietnam numbered 250,000, the American Football League and National Football League agreed to merge and the Beatles performed for the final time in the U.S.
If you served on staff at Philmont or attended for an expedition, individual trek or Philmont Training Center course between the years of 1966 and 2016, your photo should be there.
Philmont staffers have made quick work of scanning the more than 240,000 photos in the archive. At their original rate of scanning five summers’ worth of photos each year, they weren’t expected to get this far until 2018.
The archive is organized by year and trek departure date. It’s a fascinating look back into the history of the BSA’s hiking paradise in New Mexico.
How much does it cost?
Viewing watermarked photos in the Philmont Photo Archive is free. Buying an 8-by-10-inch print costs you $10 for the first one and $7 for additional copies of the same photo.
Prefer it digitally? The 2,400-by-3,000-pixel image is available for $15.
What about previous years?
Philmont began saving photo negatives in 1965. If you attended before 1965, you’ll need to scour your personal archives for Philmont photos.