Found on EBay – Los Angeles Examiner

Posted on May 19, 2011 by lmharnisch
Hearst Marksmanship Trophy

A rather elaborate (OK, expensive and ugly) Citizen Marksmanship Competition lamp/trophy sponsored by the Los Angeles Examiner has been listed on EBay. Bidding on the trophy begins at $2,450.
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"These charming Milwaukee girls were the first all-woman team to enroll in the citizen's rifle instruction course now being sponsored by the Wisconsin Rifle association and the Milwaukee Sentinel in conjunction with the William Randolph Hearst Citizen's Marksmanship contests,” from the Milwaukee Sentinel, Jan. 9, 1942.
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2 Responses to Found on EBay – Los Angeles Examiner

  1. Sam Flowers's avatar Sam Flowers says:
    May 19, 2011 at 7:45 pm

    Gee, citizens with guns. !! This must be when citizens were trusted and encouraged to own and shoot firearms. Now days the mind set has been propagandized to be the opposite.

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  2. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    May 21, 2011 at 9:59 am

    “I’m from Milwaukee and I oughtta know. It’s Blast, Blast, Blast – wherever you go…”

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