Most of them look like they’ve already shot several people.
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Philly's a hard town.
Was then, still is.
Thing is, all girls carried rifles to get safely to class; it's just these ones also were on the shooting team.
I made the part up about all girls carrying rifles, but the the part about Philly being hard is no joke. When my wife went to Temple, there was a street separating the campus from slums; not just poor people, but violent gangs. The train station was a couple blocks away from the main campus, and Philly cops kept the campus and that stretch to the station, and the station itself, fairly safe, but you crossed off campus at your own peril, and the university was blatantly clear with parents that they had no liability for any student straying off campus. It was a scary place.
I've heard it's gotten better immediately around the campus in recent years - safer, anyway. Still a rough town, though.
Edit hey, I just noticed - bolts all open, too! Better discipline than most period men-with-guns photos you see.
Temple has been buying and bulldozing whole blocks for redevelopment, but there’s still spots you shouldn’t go that far north in Philly.
Gentrification is a problem, but I'm not so sure that, in this case, it's so clear it's a bad thing. Are they redeveloping with low income housing? Loss of low income housing is an issue, but there are whole areas of Philly that are essential urban wilderness. And that are around Temple was not safe space for anyone.
Second girl from the left.
Oh, that's just Betty. She was always slapdash, and had a bad attitude, too. Look at the way she's gripping that barrel... 5'10" of pure rage and hate. But she could shoot a fly's wings off at 100 yards, so she was kept on the team.
I was so sure this would morph into the Fresh Prince opening.
Killing your husband used to be the only way out of an abusive marriage.
Give it time, we'll get back there eventually at this rate.
That woman on the far right is amazing, I love her entire outfit, her stare, the whole... thing.
Sorry, that’s actually three six year olds stacked on top of each other.
Mood
First, 100% agree, second, I am still giggling at your name.
My initial thought was this was the cast of Chicago because of her.
I'm really uncomfortable with the positioning of those guns
Remember it was illegal to smile in pictures until the 1950's...
I mean the actual guns pointing upwards where their faces are. I rarely smile and would never expect anyone else to.
Oh, well you don't put a barrel in the dirt unless you're on a helicopter. There's not a lot of choices with long rifles.
Don't worry. They're just happy to see you.
At least one of them didn't get the memo about leaving the bolt open. Yikes.
I'm not sure how to interpret those expressions.
