trapshooting

7 photos tagged trapshooting, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2013

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Janet Lindenmuth said:
When I saw Nemours I thought this must have something to do with DuPont and Delaware. According to this old book on trapshooting the Nemours Gun Club was the first women's trapshooting club in the United States, founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1913.
Janet Lindenmuth said:
Here's an article from the DuPont Magazine about the club digital.hagley.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p15017coll... It's on page 29 (I don't think you can link directly to the page)
Wystan said:
They probably shot with DuPont Powders, too (the brand made famous by the "DuPont Dogs":

Dave Miller said:
"In 1913 Mrs. Harriet Hammond organized the Nemours Gun Club, for women trapshooters, the first women's shooting club in America." The Great Delaware Sports Book by Doug Gelbert
pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
From Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America by Laura Browder (UNC Press 2006), p 71:
"An employee in the agricultural division of Du Pont, Hammond had suggested that the company offer shooting classes especially for women as part of its gun club. The classes went so well that a trapshooting club for women was established. An adjunct of the Du Pont Trapshooting Club, the women's group was allowed to use the traps one afternoon a week, since 'it was not feasible to give up one of [the main club's] traps to women on regular shooting days.'"

Kathleen Dallara Pennell said:
Taking Aim at the Future
Benrich67 said:
Looks like a double barreled 12 gauge shotgun....
d_warner_517 said:
C. W. Billings was a member of the American Olympic Trapshooting team. He competed in the Travers Island Trap competition in both 1911 and 1913.
Richard Norton said:
I started an entry in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._Billings
Complex Lake said:
美麗的照片

A.K.M.Ali hossain. said:
nice photo.
LWyman said:
The caption card is wrong about the rifle. It looks like a Winchester Model 1897 shotgun:
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
LWyman, You are correct! That is indeed a Winchester Model 1897 shotgun. We'll correct the caption when we update the record. Thanks for your comment.
swanq said:
On Feb 21, 1914 there was a women's trap-shooting competition at Madison Square Garden. See NYT of Feb 1, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0CEFDE1E39E633A... Could this have been associated with that event?