Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of boys learning archery in Los Angeles park, ca.1930. Two boys in the center stand atop a platform wearing gloves while holding the bowstring in a tension ready position and looking at a point to the right. The boy on the left wears shorts while the boy on the right wears trousers and both wear short sleeved button down shirts. The tops of trees are visible in the background. Photoprint reads "Skill in archery, before the advent of guns and gunpowder a major necessity for youths and men, today is a wholesome recreation, increasing in popularity. Thousands of young men and boys use the facilities of the Los Angeles Playground and Recreation Department to become proficient archers under the tutelage of experts. Here is a photograph of two amateur archers on one of the many archery courses provided".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 22 x 17 cm. photographic prints photographs
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