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Nonlethal sporting duelist firing wax bullets, New York, 1909

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Nonlethal sporting duelist firing wax bullets, New York, 1909

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HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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It was in the 1908 Olympics, and they used wax dummies.
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  I would like to know more.
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    Ok in 1906 at a different competition is there this picture was taken and they shot at each other

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