A Little History:

[DRZinn]

http://www.shorpy.com/node/5392?size=_original

Interesting photo, and interesting comments too. Looks like Ayn Rand was a shooter.

 

[HeavenlySword]

It doesn't say Ayn Rand anywhere

 

[DRZinn]

No, but look at the one 2nd from the left.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

In 1925 Alyssa Rosenbaum, later Ayn Rand, was in St. Petersburg, USSR.

From there, beginning in 1926, she spent time in Chicago (on 12th Street -- she was a neighbor and associate of Jacob Rubenstein, later Jack Ruby of Dallas). From there she travelled west, to work as an extra and screenwriter in Hollywood for Cecil B. DeMille.

But I have to admit, there is a slight resemblance. Still, Ally's eyes were mistakable only with those of Bette Davis.

I'd take the girl on the right end of that line at the drop of a hat. And I'd drop the hat.

 

[walker944]

I think the one at the far right is Alice Cooper's mom (or maybe his dad)!

 

[Lightninstrike]

The girl second from the left has her bolt closed and that thing is darn near pointed at her head. I wonder if they shot in those dresses and heels. Those hair styles give me the creeps.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

Yeah, I was kidding anyway. I was hoping someone else would notice the Alice Cooper resemblance.

 

[HuntAndFish]

Which Winchester model rifle is that, second from the left. I thought the M75 wasn't manufactured until '38, so it can't be that. It must be a M52.

Name those guns left to right:

Remington M ??
Winchester M52
Winchester M52
Falling or Rolling Block of some kind
Remington M ??
Falling or Rolling Block of some kind

 

[230RN]

Kinda looks like her, from other photos. Maybe the date was wrong?

(I kind of flinch when anyone makes negative comments about other folks' personal characteristics, like appearance. Just sayin'.)

Terry, 230RN

 

[230RN]

Anyone know anything about the white stuff (tape?) behind the front sights of most of the rifles?

Is that supposed to reflect light back up onto the sight blade or bead?

I'm not familiar with that practice, never saw it used before. Is is still used nowadays?

Enlighten me, please.

 

[DRZinn]

Another one:

http://www.shorpy.com/node/5528

 

[230RN]

Hm. Negative comments on someone's personal appearance.

Hm.

 

[Pulse]

.....

Humans evolve, in some 100 years, someone might look at a picture of someone of our time here and say the exact same.

me GF even says it today.. after i come home from a night shift.. :/

 

[rbernie]

If your post disappeared - consider that your notice that your comments were inappropriate.

 

[dobrzemetal]

Oh, I forgot we can't comment on things for their comedic value. Its all seriousness here at THR. I Failed to live up to the standard, I guess I will have to dishonorably discharge myself from this forum.

 

[bonza]

Girls #5 & #7 are hold Winchester Model 1885 'High Wall' .22 caliber Winder Muskets.

 

[230RN]

Oh, I forgot we can't comment on things for their comedic value. Its all seriousness here at THR. I Failed to live up to the standard, I guess I will have to dishonorably discharge myself from this forum.

It's merely a question of good taste and courtliness in using comedy. It's just not the loading dock, that's all.

Don't leave.

 

[2RCO]

I don't know if Ayn Rand is in the picture but there is some bad technique going on there. Think the one on the right killed those cats and made the coat herself?

 

[akodo]

I have the same rifle as girl 2 and 3

I know it is a Winchester M52

But is it an A, B, or C?

Also, where would a guy find a scope or hardware that matches those bases without spending a huge fortune for a genuine unertl

 

[Apple a Day]

It's a women's college rifle team... and you guys are knocking it?

women
college rifle team

If that were a modern picture you'd all be lauding what a great thing that would be. Don't see that much any more, do you?

 

[Duke of Doubt]

2RCO: "I don't know if Ayn Rand is in the picture ..."

It ain't Ayn.

See post number 4 of this thread. Ayn's movements in 1925/26 are accounted for. Alyssa Rosenbaum, later Ayn Rand, spent 1925 in St. Petersburg, U.S.S.R. and escaped quasi-legally to Chicago via New York in 1926. Following a brief stay with the Portnoys on then 12th Street where she was a neighbor and associate of Jacob Rubenstein, later Jack Ruby, she proceeded to Hollywood where she appeared as an extra in Cecil B. DeMille films and wrote movie scripts before breaking into the literary sector with short stories and novels, most of which today are greatly misunderstood.

 

[Cannonball888]

It's a great picture and taken in D.C. of all places. Even high schools back then had rifle teams. Shows how our country has changed for the worse.

 

[HuntAndFish]

Girls #5 & #7 are hold Winchester Model 1885 'High Wall' .22 caliber Winder Muskets.

Thank you, Sir. That makes sense. A very accurate, american made, single shot in .22 caliber.

akodo confirms on the Model 52.

What is the third gun? Anyone know?

 

[Sheldon J]

Has anyone ever noticed

That in those old B&W prints no one ever smiles,,, I can look at Mom N Dad old photos from the 20's all the way to the early 50's and no one ever smiles they just stare blankly at the cammera.... I mean shutter speeds were high enough by then that it was not like the early photos where you had to stand perfectly still for up to a minute for the exposure to take...

 

[ACP230]

You could also get a vintage Fecker scope.
My Winchester 52, from about the same era, came with one.