Photo Circa 1915. Not too many women of the early 20th century posed for the camera while holding a gun.
This photo was one of several the donor, John Thompson from Ladysmith, B.C. received from relatives in England.
The packet contained photos believed to be from the Yorkton region, which had been sent in the early 1900s to England by area relatives.
The only inscription on the back of the photo was 鈥淲omen shooting prairie chicken.鈥�
Asked to comment on the picture, Weapons Training/Instructor with the Canadian Forces, marksman and researcher, Mike Steckhan of Saskatoon says: 鈥淐onsidering the era, this woman appears to have dressed adequately for the hunting event. She is holding the rifle correctly... not only tight to her shoulder, but she has one foot back to make a stable stance. It is, however, the wrong foot and she appears to be trying to look through the sights with her left eye, so it is suspected that she is either posing or is, more likely, a left-handed person 小蓝视频 taught how to shoot right-handed! Shooting a .22 in this way is fine, but if she fired a larger rifle or a shotgun in that manner, she鈥檇 end up on her bum!鈥� The rifle appears to be Remington Model 12, round barrel, standard open sights, .22 calibre, manufactured between 1909 to 1936.
This edition of History Corner was originally published in the Oct. 6, 2010 issue of Yorkton This Week.
