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Item
Title
BOLAND-B7475
Date(s)
- 1923-03-09 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1873-1950)
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Scope and content
A regular ladder is far too short to reach the top of the Tacoma Gun Club tower so a hand-made one was a necessity in March of 1923. An unidentified man has managed to make his way to the very top and is pictured crouching inside next to a large barrel. The tower, approximately 10-feet high, was built for target shooting. Clay birds were hurled from the tower to simulate the flight patterns of ducks, especially teal, so that the shooter's eye could be improved. Targets were shot out at different angles. (TNT 3-10-23, p. 10)
Tacoma Gun Club (Tacoma); Towers; Ladders; Target practice;