In 1906 George C. Murray (1866-1933) in conjunction with the Presbyterian Church of Doylestown organized a company of the Boy's Brigade of America. "There was great military conciousness at that time, for it was only a short time since the Spanish American War, and the organization was fashioned after the army" [Ref: Doylestown Presbyterian Church book cited below]." Murray outfitted the Boys Brigade with uniforms and rifles. "Camp grounds, with mess hall, tents, boats and conoes were established on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, opposite Point Pleasant, where the boys were taken each year for a two weeks' outing" [Ref: Doylestown Centenial Book, Published in 1938]. A detailed account of "The Boys Brigade" including photo of the highly respected George Murray can be found on pages 55-57 of a book titled "A History of Doylestown Presbyterian Church" published in 1984 by Dorrance & Company, Bryn Mawr, PA.

The 1907 Yardley view shown above identifies "Camp J. A. Vanhorn" undoubtedly placing the site on the Van Horn property, shown on the 1875 map as located along the southwest side of Main Street extending roughly from Reading Ave to the creek, encompassing all the high ground, and extending back to the edge of the golf course. The line of tents appear to be located just south of the intersection of Van Horn & Harper and parallel to Van Horn. The brigade formation is facing south. The land behind the tents slopes down to the creek, and in the far distance to the north is the tall chimney of the power generating station. The characteristic hand printed caption identifies Craven as the photographer. He died in 1915 and was a member of (and is buried at) the Doylestown Presbyterian Church. So everything fits. Other known real photograph postcard views of the Doylestown Boy's Brigade includes one at Point Pleasant shown on page 98 of the Plumstead Township Images of American book, and two other views published by Clay Studio in Doylestown.

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The two Clay Studio postcards are shown below. Although not identified, never mailed, and at first glance containing little other information, they obviously show the Doylestown Boys Brigade, first by the size of the unit known to have consisted of three 8-man squads plus officers, and finally by comparing the book image of George Murray to the only person not in uniform in the photos.