Adolf "Ad" and Elizabeth "Plinky" Topperwein were exhibition shooters active as a team from 1904 to the 1940s and served as official exhibition shooters for Winchester. Their regular closing act is said to have been Ad shooting one of these tin portraits. Both of them possessed tremendous skill and were record holders. In December 1907, over a ten day period, Ad shot 72,500 hand thrown 2 1/4 inch blocks using a .22 rifle and only missed 9 shots setting a world record that was not bested until 1959 by Tom Frye. Consignor notes indicate that this display was created and signed by Ad Topperwein at the Rochester, Minnesota gun club in 1941. It measures 19 1/2 by 28 inches not including the frame. It is signed "Ad Topperwein/WINCHESTER/Western/July 9-41" in the top left corner. The design was very precisely shot and is very readable, especially compared to some by other trick shooters.