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

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    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

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    1. Wowlookatthat! [deleted] (26 months ago | reply)

      Thát's the spirit!

    2. Heart of the Ocean ❧ (26 months ago | reply)

      Autonomy, authority, leadership and pride - brilliant.

    3. Blue States (25 months ago | reply)

      East Los Angeles !!

    4. Bad Lieutenant 13 (22 months ago | reply)

      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 (17 months ago | reply)

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

    6. SFCatPhotog (6 months ago | reply)

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

    7. SYDNEY LOKA (5 months ago | reply)

      Thin line
      dedicated to my class of 96'.

    8. THUNDER FLUSH (5 months ago | reply)

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

    9. JUICY FRUIT3 (5 months ago | reply)

      Wooop whoop 92'

    10. LULUFISH LIPSTORRES (5 months ago | reply)

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

    11. Bob Gundersen (5 months ago | reply)

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

    12. jyoti pb (5 months ago | reply)

      Piece of History !!!

    13. LEONARDO DE NANDO AMADOR (5 months ago | reply)

      @Bob bullshit homie!!

    14. #1 BROKER, MOVE OVER HOLLYWOOD (5 months ago | reply)

      QUE PRESIOSA Am the Daddy.

    15. BECKY WHITE HOONKY (5 months ago | reply)

      One of the worst days for the District!!

    16. POST ED! (5 months ago | reply)

      Stop trolling america.

    17. LEONARDOSNIGHT CLUBWHORE (5 months ago | reply)

      SHE SAID; " TELL ME THE WORLD AIN'T MINE " ?

    18. QUICK CHOPSHOPS CENTERS INEZ 90033!! (5 months ago | reply)

      I dont know whose more stupid, the artist are the dj???

    19. CUBANO EL FAMOSO CHURRO (5 months ago | reply)

      YOU DONT HAVE TO BE CATHOLIC TO ATTEND ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE TALING OVER" WE'RE COOL LIKE THAT

    20. jmlpyt (5 months ago | reply)

      très belle composition, superbe prise de vue, bonnes fêtes de fin d'année

    21. VIVA LA REVOLUCION CABRON!!!! [deleted] (5 months ago | reply)

      I miss my high school years.Let me follow and hack one of the above accounts. If i become bord we throw you into the azusa mountains look at my buddy jaimito working it, yeahhhh buddy

    22. Immane (5 months ago | reply)

      In the news that month: US Marines land on Guadalcanal, the Wehrmacht enters Stalingrad.

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