All Photos

Below are all the photos contained within posts on this website spanning the history of the troop.

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1931

To the left is the text of the article posted above. To the right is a picture of a scout having his Eagle medal pinned on him. Above is a scout seemingly having a scoutmaster conference.

1973

15 people in Class A uniforms smiling for the camera. There is text in the lower right corner that says
Six people standing in the grass on the side of a two-lane road. One of them is holding a shovel.

1980

Two people. The person on the left is wearing a suit, and presenting an award. The person on the right is wearing a class A, an Order of the Arrow sash, and a merit badge sash.

1992

17 scouts and adults dressed in Class A Uniforms in front of a pond. To the left if the US flag, to the right is the Troop 53 flag. The sign in front says

1993

21 Scouts and Adults dressed in Class A uniforms. The sign in front of them says

1994

Picture of the newspaper article. The full text is in the post above!
Picture of the newspaper article. The full text is in the post above!

1995

18 scouts and adults in Class A uniforms smiling at the camera in front of a pond. The sign in front says

1999

A giant American flag being being held up my multiple scouts, who surround it. They are all marching forward.
Four people holding up the giant America flag from the back corner. All are in uniform. One is an adult woman, the rest are boys.

2002

14 scouts and adults smiling at the camera. Most are wearing orage vests and yellow hard hats.

2003

Four people smiling for the camera. The two folks on the right are in Class A uniforms. The two people in the middle are shaking hands with each other.
Four people smiling at the camera. The two in the middle are wearing Class A uniforms.
A red patch with a red background and a red and gold phoenix with a thunder bold in the center of its chest. It says
24 scouts and adults posing for a photo in front of a big outdoor fireplace.

2004

A group of people in BSA class A uniforms marching in the street. Towards the left, a scout is holding the US flag. To the right, a scout is holding the Troop 53 flag.
A group of people in BSA class A uniforms marching in the street. One of whom is holding the US flag, and its blocking their face.
A patch with a light blue background and a dark blue phoenix with a thunder bold in the center of its chest. It says
5 scouts sit around a picnic table. Four are facing to the right, one is facing to the left.
A scout is looking at a bulletin board that is hanging on a tree.
A scout is holding an ave over his head, looking at a log on the ground that is standing up vertically.
A scout wearing a red Troop 53 class B tee-shirt and wearing a baithing suit looking at the camera.
A man sitting in a camping chair in the sunlight. Behind are two cabin tents.
Four people are staring at a fire pit. Two of them are holding chickens over the fire pit.
Two people walking towards the camera talking to each other. The person on the right is wet, and wrapped in a towel.
Three people smiling at the camera. The two at the ends are wearing class A uniforms.
Scoutmaster McKnight talking to Seth Hendrick, who is wearing a colorful felt parrot hat.
Two scouts in class A uniforms talking to each other, smiling. Surrounding htem are 5 other people.
Two people standing on the camera. The scout on the right is holding the Michael Dikant Award.
Two adults stand on either side of a scout, who is bent over sawing a log with a bow saw.
Three scouts smile for the camera.
There are three scouts holding a stretched out bow, ready to shoot.
Two scouts at the archery range. Both are smiling, and facing right.
Two scouts are sitting at a picnic table. The one on the right is looking at a compass.
Two scouts weaving baskets. The one in the middle is wearing a blue hat, the one on the right is wearing the red troop hat. There's a scout on the left writing something on a clipboard.
Three scouts are running towards something, while two scouts off to the right watch.
Three canoes are in thie picture, each of which have two people with life jackets on.
Two people in a canoe that has been swamped. The canoe is just under the water surface.
27 people in class A uniforms smiling for the camera in front of an American flag pole. To the left is a scout holding the US flag, to the right is another scout holding the Troop flag.

2006

Two Eagle Scouts given the scout sign in front of an Eagle Scout banner.
Five men smiling for the camera in front of an Eagle Scout banner.

2007

A crowd of people walking towards the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
A man in a white Troop 53 class B tee-shirt facing the camera smiling. In the background, scouts sit looking at waterfalls.
Photo of the Lincoln Memorial from the outside. Scouts are halfway up walking towards the enterance.
Photo of the Jefferson Memorial. A group of scouts are walking up the stairs.
Two scouts taking a drink from water fountains.
Photo of the US capital, with two scouts in class A uniforms walking towards the stairs.
Four scouts standing with the Washington Monument in the background. The three to the right are wearing Class A uniforms, the scout on the left is wearing a red Class B.
Five scouts sitting in front of a water fall fountain.

2008

2 scouts in class A uniforms standing behind a table. The scout on the left is holding on to something, while the scout on the right is looking at it.
A scout in a class A uniform is lying on the floor on his side, pretending to be hurt.
A patch of a person in a green shirt fishing in front of the Hudson River with a sunset in the background. The Castleton Bridge is on the left, and the number 53 is between its pillars. There is text around the outside that reads: Mahikan District 2008 Spring Camporee
Scout Supper: Seth Hendrick of Boy Scouts Castleton Troop 53 cooks pizza in a dutch oven under a tent, sheltered from pouring rain during Schodack Island Scout Jamboree May 17. To his right is scout Jacob Parslow.

2009

A paved path going down the middle of some grass. To the left is a telephone pole.
A patch of grass, but a lot of bare spots within.
Five scouts posing for a photo. The one of the left is holding a phone. One in the middle is holding a shovel, ready to dig. The one on the right is pointing a hose at the camera.
A scout bending down in front of a hole holding onto a post-hole digger inside of the hole.
Four scouts are working on getting posts in the ground. The one on the left is standing with his hands in his pockets. The one on the center left is bending down filling a bucket with water. The one on the center right is digging with the post-hole digger. The one to the right is staring at the camera, but holding a water bottle up to his face so you can't see him.
Six people standing around a cement mixer, looking at it.
Seth's dad pouring cement into a hole with another scout. Ian is off to the right, giving the camera a dirty look.
Seth's dad is on the left, walking with a shovel. Scout Master Rich Noll is holding a shovel, and Will is spraying it with a hose. Nate is to the right standing. Two scouts are leaning against my car in the background.
One scout trying to spray another scout with a hose. The spray from the hose is not going to reach.
All posts have been placed along the path. Jason is off to the left staring at something.
Brett twisting an eye-hook into a post.
Brett twisting an eye-hook into a different post. All the posts behind him have eye hooks in them.
Chain is running between each of the posts. Tops of the posts have been sawed off so they are the same height.
Chain is running between each of the posts.
Chain is running between each of the posts.
Chain is running between each of the posts.
Mark Brockley is staring at the hole, filling it with water from a hose. Brett and Rob are walking towards him in front of a blue pickup truck. Seth's dad is standing behind the truck.
Brett raking to the left of the tree.
Seth's dad filling the hole we dug for the tree with water. Brett, Rob, and Seth stand around him holding shovels waiting.
Seth's dad filling the hole we dug for the tree with water. Brett, Rob, and Seth stand around him holding shovels waiting.
Seth, Brett, and Rob holding shovels filling in a whole that contains a red tree. They are standing on dirt, and smiling.
A chain railing to the left of a path. To the left is a garden with a red tree in it.
A chain railing to the left of a path. To the left is a garden with a red tree in it.
Two people standing in Class A uniforms. The person on the left if at a podium, reading from a folder.
Two people standing in Class A uniforms. The person on the left if at a podium, reading from something on it.
Two people standing in Class A uniforms. The person on the left if at a podium, reading from something on it.
Two people standing in Class A uniforms. The person on the left if at a podium, reading from something on it.
Five people are standing at the front of the room. All but the one in the middle are wearing Class A uniforms.
Two people standing in front of the room. The person on the left if at a podium, reading from something on it; they wearing a pink shirt and tie. The person on the right is wearing a Class A.
Man in a Class A uniform is reading something from a podium.
Scout in a class A uniform has his right hand up in the scout sign. He is speaking.
Three people smiling at the camera. The person in the middle is wearing a Class A uniform.

2020

A sign that says
3 empty Christmas tree racks. Also 3 empty wreath racks made of wooden pallets.
One white truck and a white car next to it. A man is standing in the bed of the truck, while a scout helps lift the tree up in the bed.
A white truck with a man in the bed tying down a tree.
Three people stand

2023

Six people sitting around a table, talking. Four are wearing Class A uniforms.
Five people sitting around a table. Ciaran is standing in front of them with, holding the scout sign.
Three people in Class A uniforms smiling at the camera. Ciaran is in the middle.
A group of scouts setting up Christmas Tree racks. The racks are lashed together, and have two A-frame supports on each end, with a thick tree branch going between the two.
Four scouts unloading a wrapped Christmas tree off the back of a flat-bed trailer behind a black pick-up truck.
A handful of scouts start among a few green dome-shaped tents.
A group photo of the troop, everyone is looking at the camera, smiling!

2024

Two scouts wearing reflective yellow bests sitting at a picnic table. Three scouts are standing around the table.
Five scouts cleaning up trash. Two are hidden being the other three. All are wearing reflective yellow vests. There is a sign that says
Six scouts picking up trash on the side of the road. All are wearing reflective yellow vests. There is a sign that says
Fourteen people standing along the side of the road. All but one are wearing yellow reflective vests.
Two scouts serving a table food. One is holding a tray of food, another is putting a plate on the table.
Two scouts serving a table food. One is holding a tray of food, another is putting a plate on the table.
One scout is holding a platter of food, while another one seems to guiding him where to go.
Several people sitting at a table, while two scouts serve them dinner.
One scout carries a platter of food, while another scout is pointing towards a table.
Two scouts washing dishes in Class A uniforms in front on an industrial dishwasher. There is a man in glasses to their left helping.
A group of scouts and adult leaders in Class A uniforms are standing around a wooden bridge indoors. The left side of the bridge is blue, the right side is gold. There is a single cub scout standing on the blue side, ready to cross over.
Scouts in Class A uniforms showing off the troop flag. It is red on the top half and white on the bottom half. It says
A sign hanging from a bar that says
A purple neckerchief with a white border. The text says
19 people in Class A uniforms smiling for the camera. To the left is the American flag, and to the right is the Troop flag. There is text above and below the photo that reads
Total Photos: 116