Target Collection

Practicing on the archery range at Camp Fern Rock, Bear Mountain, New York, 1943 Creator: Gordon Parks
Bear Mountain, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Fern Rock, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service, practicing on the archery range

Curling in Scotland 1869
A curling match in Scotland

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a biplane against a stylised red, white and grey background. 1933

RAF Bombers over Berlin; Second World War, 1943
Illustration showing Royal Air Force bombers heading towards their target of Berlin during the Spring of 1943. This drawing shows several types of German anti-aircraft defences which were new to

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a pilot in flying gear, gesturing towards three biplanes in flight. 1934

Markham Colliery, Mining
Markham Colliery near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. A smiling coal miner stands in front of a production table notice, which states target, and actual outputs

Military aircraft cockpit with head-up display. Photographed at the 2009 Paris Air Show

Soldiers doing target practice on a shooting range
A group of men doing target practice on a shooting range before the outbreak of the First World War. Their success or otherwise is written up on various blackboards

Archery Meeting 1822
The Meeting of the Royal British Bowmen in the Grounds of Erddig (Erthig) Park, Denbighshire, Wales - the seat of Simon Yorke Esq

RAFs new gyro gun sight by G. H. Davis
Details of the RAFs new gyro gun sight, which makes every fighter pilot an accurate marksman. By means of two simple adjustments in action

French Soldier Sniping
An infantryman gets a target in his sights during the Franco-Prussian war Date: 1870

Colt Guns and Rifles - breech-loading arms. circa late 19th century

Miles Monitor -another, even more expensive dedicted target tug from the Miles stable

Rooftop Rifle Range
18th June 1940: London workers at lunchtime target practice on the roof of their office building. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The Globe KD2G-2 Firefly target drone was powered by a Solar PJ32 8 pulsejet. Men of the Naval Air Technical Training Unit developing drone target aircraft push the drone around on its launcher to

Northrop T-38A-10-NO Talon 58-1194, Buzz Number TF-194. The first production aircraft, with the rear cockpit canopy blanked off for flight testing

Map of Sicily by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sicily, giving the shortest air distances from Cape Bon and Malta. At this stage in the Second World War it was a British front-line objective in Axis eyes

Vintage World War II poster featuring bombs falling. It reads: Remember Pearl Harbor Enlist Now! United States Coast Guard

Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. Creator: W Thomas
Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. The contest was chiefly among the members of the Cinque Ports Corps...The first prize was a Lancaster rifle, value ten guineas, which was won by Mr

Bristol Beaufighter TT Mk. 10 RD758, Bahrain
Built as a Beaufighter TF.X (Torpedo Fighter version) RD758 was converted to a TT.X, for target towing Date: 1956

Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. Davis
The duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942

FENCING TARGET PRACTICE
A fencer practises his thrust by aiming at a mounted target. Date: 1570

WW2 Valentines Day card, You are my target
WW2 Valentines Day card (inside), You are my target for today. Date: circa 1942

Volley firing by Scott Method by G. H. Davis
The gunnery experiment of which all the naval world is talking: the six-to-one superiority of volley firing by the Scott Method

WASHINGTON D. C. : ARCHERY. Four young women from the Marjorie Webster school identified
WASHINGTON D.C.: ARCHERY. Four young women from the Marjorie Webster school identified as Louise Walraven, Imogene Koonce, Helyn Braskie and Helen Ackerman examining an archery target

Archery at Ranelagh. H A Cox, champion archer of England. 23 May 1929

RAF Lancasters over Berlin; Second World War, 1943
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Lancaster heavy bombers heading towards their target of Berlin, during the Autumn of 1943

WW1 - Royal Air Force - Pilots and Observers mark targets
WW1 - Royal Air Force - Pilots and Observers mark enemy german targets and positions. Date: circa 1918

Sharp shooters, Sea Girt, New Jersey, USA
Sharp shooters in action, firing at targets in Sea Girt, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1910

Pen-and-ink drawing by Albert Edward Sterner, 1886
ARCHERY, 1886. Pen-and-ink drawing by Albert Edward Sterner, 1886

Clan Mackinnon
Clan MAC KINNON engaged in archery practice

A modern air rifle with a futuristic design. Pneumatic weapons for sports and entertainment. Isolate on a white background

shooting target

Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines

Grumman RV-1D Mohawk 64-14270 (msn 1015), being prepared for use as a range target at Townsend, GA. Date: circa 1995

GAF Jindivik Mk.2 A92-68
Royal Australian Air Force - Government Aircraft Factories Jindivik Mk.2 (Mk.102) A92-68 (msn 48), at the SBAC Farnborough Air-show, held from 1-7 September 1958

Fiat G-91R/3 99+08
Luftwaffe - Fiat G-91R/3 99+08 (msn D459), of Condor Flight, with target towing role equipment on the port wing pylons. Date: circa 1990

Meeting of the Belgian National Rifle Association at Brussels: general view of practice-ground, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the Belgian National Rifle Association at Brussels: general view of practice-ground, 1865. Annual meeting...to which English volunteers were also specially invited...No "wrong

Meeting of the Belgian National Rifle Association at Brussels: the targets, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the Belgian National Rifle Association at Brussels: the targets, 1865. Annual meeting...to which English volunteers were also specially invited...No "wrong targets" can be made

Same Goal
Qing Zhao

HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer
Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny & Bros

Colt Breech-Loading Guns and Rifles Date: late 19th century

Photograph of Target PH, Northolt (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Origin of croquet and billiards, 14th century
Game played with ball, stick, hoop and target (the origin of billiards and croquet), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Battle of the Oued Zarga, Medjez El Bab Road. When they had gained their immediate objective, the hill town of Chaouach, the 1st Army put out patrols to discover the extent of the the German retreat

Lady archers at Beddington Park, Friday 28th June 1907

Bob Thomson, deputy site manager celebrating safety success. For the first time in 30 years, ICI Wilton works has for a month churned out chemicals nonstop without an accident

Radioplane XQ-4
A Radioplane XQ-4 supersonic target drone prototype, under the wing of its launch aircraft: Boeing B-50D 47-16?. Date: circa 1953

Radioplane OQ-19D aerial target. The OQ-19 was a low-speed target used for gun and missile anti-aircraft training. Radioplane, a division of the Northrop Corporation

Royal Navy - de Havilland DH. 82 Queen Bee K8671
Royal Navy - de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee K8671 (msn 5204), being recovered by cruiser HMS Newcastle after a live-fire anti-aircraft gunnery practice

United states Navy - Grumman F7F-2D Tigercat 80335
United States Navy - Grumman F7F-2D Tigercat 80335 of VU-3 at Miramar NAS. Built as an F7F-2N, the majority of the -2Ns, including 80335

Naked archers shooting at a target attached to a herm, Cupid sleeping below, possibly an allegory related to vice, ca. 1540-60

Short S. 38 - SA. 1 Sturgeon S. 1 RK797
Short S.38/SA.1 Sturgeon S.1 RK797, the first prototype of a new carrier-borne strike and reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy

Titanine Aircraft Finishes, 1941. Creator: Unknown
Titanine Aircraft Finishes, 1941. Second World War advertisement for aircraft finishes made by Titanine Ltd of Colindale, London: Supplied for over 25 years

Police demonstrate a water cannon equipped vehicle at the compound of the Police Tactical Unit in Hong Kong, China August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Dum-dum bullets used during WW1
Dum-dum bullets used during the First World War. As Dr Haydn Brown explains, the bullet breaks up or mushrooms on entering the human target, and causes maximum damage as a result. Date: October 1914

Targeting
Qing Zhao

The Target
Rayees Rahman

The target. Or sniper's meal 2
Victoria Glinka

The Hon. Artillery Company of London Practising with the Rifle at Seaford, Sussex, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Hon. Artillery Company of London Practising with the Rifle at Seaford, Sussex, 1858. A detachment of the Honourable Artillery Company of London...has been for some days past stationed at Seaford

Meeting of the Worcestershire Archery Society in the Grounds of Lea Castle, Wolverley... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the Worcestershire Archery Society in the Grounds of Lea Castle, Wolverley, near Kidderminster, 1858. Women shooting with bow and arrow

Plan and arrangements of the rifle-shooting contest on Wimbledon Common, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Plan and arrangements of the rifle-shooting contest on Wimbledon Common, 1860. National Rifle Association event in London

The Battle of La Malmaison; During our artillery fire: explosion of a large French shell... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of La Malmaison; During our artillery fire: explosion of a large French shell on the concrete casemates of the German machine gunners of Mont-des-Singes, 1917

At sea; A sailboat is boarding: during the whole visit, the ship remains under the cannon... 1917. Creator: Unknown
At sea; A sailboat is boarding: during the whole visit, the ship remains under the cannon of a patrol boat, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration

Gun practice on board H.M.S. "Brilliant", 1860. Creator: Unknown. Gun practice on board H.M.S
Gun practice on board H.M.S. "Brilliant", 1860. British seamen in the Naval Reserve: scene showing...a gun's crew at lever target-practice - in the act of laying the gun for

Destruction of the Martello Tower, Eastbourne, Sussex, by Sir W. Armstrong's guns, at a... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Destruction of the Martello Tower, Eastbourne, Sussex, by Sir W. Armstrong's guns, at a distance of 1032 yards, 1860. The guns employed were a 40-pounder of 31 cwt. an 80-pounder of 63 cwt

The recent Tir National at Vincennes, near Paris - from a drawing by J. A. Beaucé, 1860. Creator: Smyth
The recent Tir National at Vincennes, near Paris - from a drawing by J. A. Beauce, 1860. The English volunteer and the British officer in undress, with the military attendant carrying his rifle

The Electric Target invented by Lieut. Chevalier, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Electric Target invented by Lieut. Chevalier, 1860. Self-recording target invented by Lieutenant Chevalier of the 1st West India Regiment

View of a tournament school, 1700-1799. Creator: Unknown
View of a tournament school, 1700-1799. Men on horseback doing target practice

Esquisse pour la mairie d'Arcueil-Cachan : Le Tir, 1888. Creator: Paul Albert Baudouin
Esquisse pour la mairie d'Arcueil-Cachan : Le Tir, 1888

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"From the skies of Berlin to the heart of Scotland, targets have always played a vital role in history. In 1943, RAF Bombers soared over Berlin, their sights set on strategic targets that would change the course of the Second World War. Fast forward to 1869, where curling enthusiasts aimed for precision on icy Scottish rinks, perfecting their aim with every slide. Even in 1822, archery meetings brought together skilled marksmen who honed their accuracy and focus. Meanwhile, military aircraft cockpits became command centers for pilots aiming at enemy positions during intense battles. Deep underground in Markham Colliery mineshafts, miners skillfully hit their target veins of coal to fuel industries. On shooting ranges worldwide, soldiers diligently practiced target practice to sharpen their skills and protect lives on the battlefield. Royal Air Force display posters showcased aerial acrobatics and pinpoint accuracy as pilots showcased their mastery over targets from above. In another era altogether, Colt Guns and Rifles became synonymous with hitting bullseyes both on hunting expeditions and competitive shooting events. Even French soldiers relied on sniping techniques to precisely eliminate threats from afar. Imagine a rooftop rifle range where urban sharpshooters took aim at distant marks while surrounded by city skylines - a testament to human precision amidst bustling landscapes. And even love found its way into targeting imagery during WWII when Valentines Day cards expressed sentiments like 'You are my target, ' symbolizing affectionate aims straight from the heart. " Through time and across various contexts - be it war or sport - "target" has remained an enduring symbol of focus, determination, skillfulness, and sometimes even romance.