ANNIE "LITTLE SURE SHOT" OAKLEY - PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED 1908 - HFSID 292979
Price: $9,750.00
ANNIE OAKLEY
Elegant studio photo in high-necked embroidered blouse inscribed on the original mount
and affixed to the photographer's original 12x8 folio
Photograph Mount Inscribed and signed: "For Mr. Thompson/With all good wishes/From/Annie
Oakley/1908". Sepia, 3½x5 oval image on a 6x8 mount. Signed in fountain pen on the
mount. Photo by Sherman of Newark, New Jersey, housed in a presentation folder Annie
Oakley (1860-1926) was born Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee in Ohio. She was the sixth of
eight children. At the age of nine she began to shoot rabbits and quail and was almost a dead
shot from the first. Within five years, she was a breadwinner for her family as a
markswoman. In 1876, at age 16, she married Frank Butler, a vaudeville performer who
became her partner. Annie's self-effacing personality (on and off stage) made her a popular
performer. In 1885, the Butlers joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Annie, a star
with the show for 17 years, charmed Kings and Queens. In 1901, she was severely injured
in a railroad wreck that temporarily paralyzed her. But she made a sensational comeback in the
next two decades. She and Butler were childless, but she supported 18 orphan girls. Fine
condition.
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