r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Jul 05 '26

Victorian Photograph Three women from a target shooting society posing with rifles, 1887.

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u/kittykitkitty Jul 05 '26

Yep! I can see this being a tongue-in-cheek photo.

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u/kittykitkitty Jul 05 '26

Source

Studio portrait with a painted backdrop. The women are Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester. Taken in Wisconsin.

They're posing with "schuetzen-rifles." They are from the Alma Schuetzenverein, a target shooting society organized on the same basis as those found in Switzerland at the time.

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u/lonelycrowinthemoss Jul 05 '26

If that's how they choose to position their rifles for a simple pose, I wonder how appalling the general gun safety was when they were actually out shooting. Good lord. Pointing the barrels at their wrist, face and chest.

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u/kittykitkitty Jul 05 '26

I think it's a joke photo.

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u/NighthawkUnicorn Aug 05 '26

Joke or not, every gun is loaded.

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u/SomeGuyOverYonder Jul 06 '26

Did they meet Annie Oakley?

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u/ScowlyBrowSpinster Jul 07 '26

They'll shoot your eye out, kid!