Training in marksmanship helps girls at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Calif., develop into responsible women…

Training in marksmanship helps girls at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Calif., develop into responsible women…

Original Caption: Training in marksmanship helps girls at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Calif., develop into responsible women. Part of Victory Corps activities there, rifle practice encourages girls to be accurate in handling firearms., 08/1942

U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier:

From:Series: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, compiled 1882 – 1962

Created By:Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Production Date:08/1942

Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=196476

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY

Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Use Restrictions: Unrestricted

14 thoughts on “Training in marksmanship helps girls at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Calif., develop into responsible women…

  1. Wowlookatthat!
    Wowlookatthat! says:

    Thát’s the spirit!

  2. Zeta Tauri

    Autonomy, authority, leadership and pride – brilliant.

  3. Blue States

    East Los Angeles !!

  4. Bad Lieutenant 13
    Bad Lieutenant 13 says:

    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.

  5. mnerd

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

  6. SFCatPhotog

    Hope their hall monitor was on point. Lockers in background.

  7. RedRosePetrieLove
    RedRosePetrieLove says:

    90210 rocks!!

  8. SYDNEY LOKA

    Thin line
    dedicated to my class of 96′.

  9. THUNDER FLUSH
    THUNDER FLUSH says:

    HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED YOU SEMESTER.
    I SURE DID. Let me tell you,,,,

  10. LOCAUVA COLALOCS
    LOCAUVA COLALOCS says:

    Concheesies

  11. JUICY FRUIT3

    Wooop whoop 92′

  12. LULUFISH LIPSTORRES
    LULUFISH LIPSTORRES says:

    In the gorgeous picture above , it me and the famous chris jenner.

  13. Bob Gundersen
    Bob Gundersen says:

    I remember bringing my rifle in to my High School for Gun Club; imagine trying that today?
    Great evocative image.

  14. jyoti pb

    Piece of History !!!

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