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• The Library of Congress 15 photos
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• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 1 photo
• U.S. National Archives 1 photo
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• State Library of New South Wales 1 photo
• University of Victoria Libraries 1 photo
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Training in marksmanship helps girls at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Calif., develop into responsible women...

from U.S. National Archives

• 23 older comments, and then…
• Longing Corn said:

  Thát's the spirit!

• Tempered State said:

  Autonomy, authority, leadership and pride - brilliant.

• "Maybe I'm amazed" said:

  East Los Angeles !!

• Bad Lieutenant 13 said:

  I wonder what they were using as a target to capture the round and fragments, it looks like they're in an indoor hallway of the school.

• guarded giraffe said:

  That's my high school. What great traditions we have.

J.H. Hendrickson, ex cham[p]ion [guns] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Wystan said:

  LOC -- Bain gives the name as "Hendrickson," NOT "Henderickson"

• Greg said:

  Thanks, Wystan. Will fix.

• Richard Norton said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hendrickson John H. Hendrickson (February 25, 1871 - ?) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Col. C.B. Winders [i.e, Winder] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 2 older comments, and then…
• Steep Spark said:

  New York area marksman C.B. Winder - Winner of the Leech Cup match held in Sea Girt, New Jersey, in 1903 - mentioned in a New York Times article as Captain C.B. Winder - query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9906E6D71230E132A...

• swede94 said:

  The rifle is the 1905 version of the 1903 Springfield.

• Meshari Karkari said:

  nice rifle

• Wystan said:

  1911 photo, probably taken at the National Military marksmanship contests at Camp Perry, Ohio. This was the fifth year in a row that the contests had been held at Camp Perry. Colonel A. C. Sharpe was at Camp Perry also:

• Richard Norton said:

  I added him to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._B._Winder