None of that bikinis and machine guns modern nonsense ... we're talking vintage!
I just discovered a fantastic website dedicated to old photographs, and while searching came across these great shots. These are optimized for web view, but one can get huge hi-res versions at the site Shorpy Historic Photo Archive | Best Pix on the Net I linked them below.
What a great time it must have been in America then. Wonder if they still have these school teams in D.C. today? Yeah, right.
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Girls' rifle team of Drexel Institute."
Full size here: Point and Shoot: 1925 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
1925. "Girls' rifle team, University of Maryland."
Full size here: Girls With Guns: 1925 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
November 10, 1922. "Girls' rifle team." Bet it was loud in there!
Full size here: Girl Shooters: 1922 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
November 2, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Girls' rifle team, Central High."
Full size here: School Shooters: 1922 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
"'Safety first' is the motto of Miss Mary Jayne of Keith's circuit. Mary Jayne, seated in rocking chair with pistol strapped to her knee, claiming exemption from concealed weapon regulation by saying her thirty-two isn't a concealed weapon in these days of knee-length skirts."
Full-size here: Loaded Legs: 1922 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
I just discovered a fantastic website dedicated to old photographs, and while searching came across these great shots. These are optimized for web view, but one can get huge hi-res versions at the site Shorpy Historic Photo Archive | Best Pix on the Net I linked them below.
What a great time it must have been in America then. Wonder if they still have these school teams in D.C. today? Yeah, right.
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Girls' rifle team of Drexel Institute."

Full size here: Point and Shoot: 1925 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
1925. "Girls' rifle team, University of Maryland."

Full size here: Girls With Guns: 1925 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
November 10, 1922. "Girls' rifle team." Bet it was loud in there!

Full size here: Girl Shooters: 1922 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
November 2, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Girls' rifle team, Central High."

Full size here: School Shooters: 1922 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
"'Safety first' is the motto of Miss Mary Jayne of Keith's circuit. Mary Jayne, seated in rocking chair with pistol strapped to her knee, claiming exemption from concealed weapon regulation by saying her thirty-two isn't a concealed weapon in these days of knee-length skirts."

Full-size here: Loaded Legs: 1922 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive