College women with 1903 Springfield rifles, circa 1943
- Title
- College women with 1903 Springfield rifles, circa 1943
- LC Subject
- Rifles College students Portraits, Group
- Creator
- Oregon State University. Reserve Officers Training Corps
- Description
- Stock photo of three college coed females with Army rifles. Previous description dates photograph to April 1943. The rifles are US Military 1903 Springfield Bolt Action, with special aftermarket adjustable peep sights, most likely used for the precision rifle team. Photograph appears to be staged for publicity shot, possibly in the Oregon Stater or Beaver Yearbook (not found in 1943 edition). The military ball in the spring of 1943 hosted a competition for women, known as "Little Colonel". Previous description of this photograph lists the women as "Little Colonel selection, April 1943."
- Work Type
- photographic prints photographs
- Location
- Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1943 circa
- Identifier
- P002:051
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- Oregon State University Military Photographs Collection, 1875-1975 (P 002)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Historical Images of Oregon State University OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Is Part Of
- Series 4: World War Two, 1940-1945
- Institution
- Oregon State University
