[Exterior view of the Bok Singing Tower in Florida]
Photograph
[Exterior view of the Bok Singing Tower in Florida]
From the album [Snapshots from travels in the United States and Canada]
ca. 1938
Gelatin silver prints
Overall: 4 × 3 1/8 in. (10.2 × 7.9 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.1292.0063b
Inscriptions Typed in ink on slip of paper placed behind photograph: The Bok Singing Tower, Florida. Taken by Capt. Herman Thomas and used for Christmas cards about 1938. Capt. Thomas was a member of the Phila. Rifle Assn., was on the Olympic Team (with 45 revolver I believe) about 1933 and later was captain of the Phila. police force, training policemen to shoot.
(One year after MR. Thomas was on the Olympic Team, tehre was a 45 calibre revolver match to be held at the Phila. Rifle Assn. outdoor range. Mrs. Nelson always went out armed with a paint box for the afternoon, then Mr. & Mrs. Nelson would remain with a couple others to shoot mark (with 22's) during the gloaming when it was lovely, and cooler for Mrs. Nelson. However, when the day came Mr. Nelson almost begged her to shoot the match. She did not want to disappoint him & he borrowed a gun for her, or possibly had an extra along. She shot the match from the next booth from his and not expecting to do anything but shoot, was relaxed: but she was very careful with every shot to make a good score. Lo and behold she won the match! The men were all splendid sports. There were two in the match who were on the Olympic Team two years before. They all laughed as they said (though they were really proud of the score) "yes, she comes out here with a paint box, shoots a little in the evening, & we come out and practice for weeks & she wins the match.") Papa, (Grant S. Price), and Mr. Nelson, (A. Thomas Nelson, husband) were very proud of Mrs. Nelson's shooting. Papa telling always, how she rang the bell laying the gun on the counter in a shooting gallery, when she was six years old. The gun was too heavy to hold but she had to sight it and rang the bell for the first time. Both Mr. Price and Mr. Nelson were always embarrasing her by telling of her shooting, especially that she did not seem like the type to handle a gun. She, like her mother Mrs. Price (Dessie L. Stotts) had a wonderful eye and had won several medals. Now with both men gone, Mrs. Nelson occasionally finds herself telling to the right people, of her marksmanship. The gold and silver medals was stolen, as were many other valuable things of both Mr. & Mrs. Nelson. Mr. Nelson had many medals and Mr. Price could have been a professional trap shooter. He had a "gun room" with cases on four sides. Mr. Nelson had rifles and one hand guns as did Mrs. Nelson. Mr. Price had shot guns and bird dogs also, besides belonging while at Norwalk, Ohio, to the Sandusky Gun Club, where the men used to go to shoot wild duck from blinds as they came in over the great marshes.
*Mr. Nelson loved and excelled in "snap shooting" sometimes "taking fresh guys" down a little by pulvarizing tiny vials or tiny pieces of cinder or dirt as thrown in the air.
(One year after MR. Thomas was on the Olympic Team, tehre was a 45 calibre revolver match to be held at the Phila. Rifle Assn. outdoor range. Mrs. Nelson always went out armed with a paint box for the afternoon, then Mr. & Mrs. Nelson would remain with a couple others to shoot mark (with 22's) during the gloaming when it was lovely, and cooler for Mrs. Nelson. However, when the day came Mr. Nelson almost begged her to shoot the match. She did not want to disappoint him & he borrowed a gun for her, or possibly had an extra along. She shot the match from the next booth from his and not expecting to do anything but shoot, was relaxed: but she was very careful with every shot to make a good score. Lo and behold she won the match! The men were all splendid sports. There were two in the match who were on the Olympic Team two years before. They all laughed as they said (though they were really proud of the score) "yes, she comes out here with a paint box, shoots a little in the evening, & we come out and practice for weeks & she wins the match.") Papa, (Grant S. Price), and Mr. Nelson, (A. Thomas Nelson, husband) were very proud of Mrs. Nelson's shooting. Papa telling always, how she rang the bell laying the gun on the counter in a shooting gallery, when she was six years old. The gun was too heavy to hold but she had to sight it and rang the bell for the first time. Both Mr. Price and Mr. Nelson were always embarrasing her by telling of her shooting, especially that she did not seem like the type to handle a gun. She, like her mother Mrs. Price (Dessie L. Stotts) had a wonderful eye and had won several medals. Now with both men gone, Mrs. Nelson occasionally finds herself telling to the right people, of her marksmanship. The gold and silver medals was stolen, as were many other valuable things of both Mr. & Mrs. Nelson. Mr. Nelson had many medals and Mr. Price could have been a professional trap shooter. He had a "gun room" with cases on four sides. Mr. Nelson had rifles and one hand guns as did Mrs. Nelson. Mr. Price had shot guns and bird dogs also, besides belonging while at Norwalk, Ohio, to the Sandusky Gun Club, where the men used to go to shoot wild duck from blinds as they came in over the great marshes.
*Mr. Nelson loved and excelled in "snap shooting" sometimes "taking fresh guys" down a little by pulvarizing tiny vials or tiny pieces of cinder or dirt as thrown in the air.
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