A signed card and piece of fabric from Earhart's original Lockheed Vega 5B.
Collection comprised of:
1.) Card signed “Amelia Earhart”. 3½ x 1½, toned. Small smudge at “t”. Fine condition. 2.)
Fabric tile, 2 inches x 2 inches affixed to a 13x18 poster. This swatch of fabric is from the
original Lockheed Vega 5B flown by Amelia Earhart when she became the first women to make
a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic (May 20-21, 1932). Earhart made the 3260-kilometer
flight from Harbor Grace, newfoundland to Culmore, Londonderry, Northern Ireland in 14
hours 54 minutes. On August 24-25, 1932, in the same Vegas, Earhart flew from Loas
Angeles, California to Newark New Jersey covering the 3940 kilometers in 19 hours 5 minutes.
This was the first solo nonstop transcontinental flight by a woman. The Lockheed Vegas is now
part of the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. Earhart established other
aviation records that did not include "woman", such as first Hawaii-to-mainland solo
and first Mexico City-to-New York flight (both 1935). In 1937, Earhart was lost over the
Pacific in an attempted around-the-world flight. Framed to an overall size of 28¾ x 26¼.
Frame exhibits wearing at corners.
Extremely rare autograph letter written by Western outlaw Frank James to his wife
and son from an Alabama jail (1884), discussing the hardships of imprisonment, his
feelings of betrayal by "my pretended friends", and family attendance at his coming
trial. Contained in a 9x14½ brown leather folio with a b/w photo of James. Autograph
and signed material by James is extremely rare and highly desirable!
Rare autograph letter signed "Frank James". 2 pages, 8½x14, 1 sheet, front and verso, ruled
paper. Comes in a 9x14½ (27x28¼ unfolded) brown leather folio with a 5¼x6¼ b/w photo of
James and a Charles Hamilton letter of authentication. Dated: Mar. 12, 1884. James wrote
this letter to his wife and son after surrendering and awaiting trial for bank robbery.
"My Dear Wife and Robert... I am truly in hope I may not be ill any more while in jail
at least... the only money I spend is for stamps and tobacco... As I write it rains and the
heavy peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning very nearly raises me out of my
chair... I have scarcely any fire and think I will let it die... I am waiting very impatiently
for Mr. Cooper to come from the post office.…"
While awaiting a hearing to appeal his conviction in the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles
Webb, the twenty-two year-old gunslinger writes his uncle and Cousin Mat.
Excessively rare, spectacular content autograph letter signed twice "J. W. Hardin", 4p. 8vo.
5x8, [Jail in Austin, Texas], Feb. 21, 1875. In part: "...[original spellings retained]I now
Seat myself to write you a few lines to let you know that I am injoying Good health
through the Blessing of the all ruling power above. I am Doing as well as could be
expected. Am Still being treated well by my Keepers. They are very kind & and attentive
to me although there has been many (lies) told to them on the out-Side as well as the in
Side (even, by men that some would deem my friends) Some of whom would like to Lay
there crimes on me...my Load is heavier enough without being made a Scape goat for
others to ride of on. It is true that I am convicted for 25 yr but nevertheless I have never
took that which I could not Give without first being in emminent danger. but you Bet I
have always tried to protect my life and person when imposed on. Alltho the chances
have often times being against me which I hope you are well aware; but uncle it's every
hit on its own bottom...I have sent you 4 or 5 of Scot's & S.H.R. letters.…"
The former outlaw assigns all rights, including the Dalton name, to his stepdaughter.
TLS: "Emmett Dalton", 1p, 6x8. Hollywood, California, 1936 March 9. To his
stepdaughter Jennie Gilstrap Perrier, Skiatcok, Oklahoma. In full: "I hope this finds
you well and happy. My shoulder is getting worse. Your mother Julia and I borrowed
from your oil money when you were young to make my first picture, and also to pay
Double Day to print the book When The Daltons Rode. We have never repaid you. I am
making assignment of all my rights, title, and interest including the Dalton name, to your
mother Julia. This I am giving to you for the money I owe you, upon her passing, and any
interest in my brother Frank Dalton's name that I used in the motion picture. There are
no other Dalton heirs, and all in perpetuum rights are yours." 2 file holes at upper blank
margin. Lightly soiled, light stains at right margin. Overall, fine condition. Accompanied by an
unsigned Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage for Emmett Dalton and Julia A. Lewis,
1p, 8½ x 14. Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1908 September 1. 2 file holes at upper margin.
Lightly soiled, else fine condition. With Final Decree from the state of Oklahoma signed by the
Judge of the County Court, 1p, 8½ x 14.
Rare, 1914 typed letter signed by the Western lawman on New York Morning
Telegraph letterhead signed by the Western lawman while he was a sports writer at the
paper. It's addressed to Robert M. Wright, author of Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital
and laments the sale of Wright's "meritorious volume". With three typed manuscript
pages from Wright's book on the murder of Masterson's brother Ed.
Typed letter signed "W. B. Masterson" in purple ink. 1 page, 8½x11, on letterhead of the New
York Morning Telegraph. Feb. 4, 1914. Addressed to the Honorable R. N. Wright, Dodge
City, Kansas. In full: "My dear Bob:- I got your letter yesterday and hasten to reply for
fear I'll forget it as I find it is quite easy for me to forget things now. I am indeed sorry
that the book doesn't sell more readily than it does for it really is a meritorious
volume. I will call Mr. Price's attention to what you say regarding his writing from time
to time stories from the book and believe as you do that will help its sale immensely.
What is required to stimulate the sale of a book is advertising and unless that is done
there is little demand for a book no matter how interesting it is.…"
The legendary sheriff who gunned down Billy the Kid signed this typed letter regarding a
transfer of money
Typed Letter Signed: "P. F. Garrett, Sheriff". 8½x6¼. Dated August 16, 1900. One page. In
Full: "For value received, I hereby transfer…to Mr. S. Spitz of Santa Fe New Mexico, my
account against the Territory of New Mexico for Fifty Dollars…for Requisition issued by the
Governor of the Territory of New Mexico." Accompanied by a mailing envelope addressed to
Garrett. Patrick Garrett (1850-1908) lived a fairly long life despite his proclivity for
gunfights and maintaining the law. After being elected to Sheriff in Lincoln County, New
Mexico in November of 1880, Garrett engaged in a nine-month chase to hunt down Billy the
Kid, even crossing county lines. He shot and killed the criminal on July 15, 1881. Garrett
published a book about Billy the Kid and his unlawful lifestyle, making him out to be a
ruffian. Other sources mythicized Billy the Kid, and this latter point-of-view generally won
the day despite Garrett's best efforts. Following this lawful murder, Garrett became a Texas
Ranger and continued to engage in law enforcement activities until 1901, when he was
appointed the Collector of Customs in El Paso.
Rare pictograph painting on buffalo hide by the Blackfoot Indian Chief.
Pictograph on buffalo hide. Roughly 12½ x 5½. The Blackfoot Indian Chief painted in
pictograph form, events, and scenes from a Plains Indian's point of view. This piece of Buffalo
hide, painted on the tanned side, came from a complete hide blanket which retained the “Fur”
on one side for warmth and the pictographs on the other side for decoration. Shown among the
pieces recovered from the blanket, are scenes of buffaloes and horses, some of which include a
“Red Man” to represent the Indian. Pictographs of American Plains Indians are generally very
simple in structure and self-explanatory. The use of natural colors represents true symbols, while
unnatural colors have a special meaning. The Plains Indians were very graphic and used other
forms of picture writing such as in sign language, smoke signals, trail signs, language feathers and
blankets. A blanket that was painted or woven with special designs was often an
autobiographical account of its creator.
Blackfoot Indian Chief Two Guns White Calf (1872-1934) frequently posed for artists and
was a popular attraction at Glacier National Park. The park abuts the Indian reservation which
was established in 1855 for the southernmost branch of the tribe.
Carte de visite signed by Oakley for friend Ed Goodman, Buffalo
Bill's nephew, who was part of the Wild West show
Photograph signed: "Annie Oakley". Sepia, 4½x6½ carte de
visite. Annie Oakley (1860-1926, born Phoebe Anne Moses in Darke
County, Ohio), was born to a Quaker family and began to shoot rabbits and quail
at age nine. Within five years, she was a breadwinner for her family as a
markswoman, and, at age 15, she saved her family's farm with income she had
earned from shooting game. On August 23, 1876, at age 16, Annie 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, where Annie was a
star for 17 years. The five-foot-tall Oakley got her name "Little Sure Shot"
from Sitting Bull and used it in her promotional materials. In 1901, she and
her husband decided to retire from public life. However, shooting was in her
blood, and the Butlers continued to make appearances around the country. Age did
not appear to diminish her skills, but Oakley was seriously injured in an
automobile accident in 1921. Although she did not think she had long to live at
that time, by 1924 she was again performing.
4x8 broadside containing Longfellow's famous poem, "The Revenge of
Rain-in-the-Face," signed by the Sioux warrior at the World Columbian Exposition in
Chicago in 1893
Broadside signed in pencil: "Rain in the Face", 1 page, 4x8, Affixed with clear tape to 5¾ x
9¾ book paper. Printed text of "The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face," an 8-stanza poem by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Additional printed text at bottom: "'Rain-In-The-Face' is now
on exhibition at the Sitting Bull Log Cabin Exhibit on Midway Plaisance next to
Military Camp, World's Fair Grounds." Lakota Sioux war chieftain Rain in the Face
(1835-1905) was already a veteran warrior of battles with other Native American nations,
including the Cheyenne when he battled US troops for the first time in a raid against Fort Totten,
in what is now North Dakota, in 1866. Arrested by Captain Thomas Custer in 1874 on the
orders of General George Armstrong Custer (Thomas' brother) on murder charges,
Rain in the Face escaped, and joined Sitting Bull's war band before the Battle of the
Little Big Horn (June 25, 1876). Surviving details of that battle, which annihilated
Custer's 7th Cavalry troopers, are conflicting.
This extraordinary typed manuscript for Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital about
Western lawman Bat Masterson, with a total of four handwritten corrections by him,
including his very rare full signature. It was written by Robert M. Wright, former
mayor of Dodge City, Kansas, and sent to Masterson, a former deputy in Dodge City,
for his review.
Annotated typed manuscript signed "William Barclay (Bat) Masterson". Black ink and lead
pencil notations in unknown hand. 6 pages, 8½x11, bound with a needle at top edge. There are
a total of four corrections on the first page. The first is Masterson's signature, correcting the
title "W.B. Masterson (Bat)". He also corrected the initials "W.B." in the first sentence with
"William Barclay". The other two corrections pertain to his candidacy for sheriff of Ford
County, Kansas, which included Dodge City. He crossed out the "6" in "1876" and corrected it
with "7". This extraordinary document is a short biography of Masterson written by
Robert M. Wright for his book Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital (1913). Wright, a
former mayor of Dodge City, Kansas sent this manuscript to Masterson, a former deputy in
Dodge City, for his review.
Signatures of Cody, Longstreet and other prominent Chicagoans of the era, collected
on both sides of a 6x4 sheet in 1899.
Signatures on both sides of a 6x4 sheet: "W.F. Cody / 'Buffalo Bill'", "Nate Salsbury",
"John M. Burke /'Arizona John'", and "Allison Nailor, Jr.". Dated in unknown hand at left:
"April 20, 1899." On verso: "Yours Truly/James Longstreet/July 15 '99" and "Ferdinand
W. Peck". Fine condition. Framed to an overall size of 40x20.
William Frederick Cody earned the name "Buffalo Bill" for killing thousands of
buffalo as a hired hunter in 1867 and 1868. Cody had begun his wild west career herding
cattle at age nine. Five years later, he became the Pony Express' youngest rider. Throughout the
Civil War, Cody worked as a government scout, extracting from life and the West all it had to
offer. His western notoriety grew with his adventures, including those during the Sioux War, in
which he purportedly fought a duel with Chief Yellow Hand. Cody's theatrical career was
launched that same year with his re-enactments of such Indian battles. By 1883, he formed his
first Wild West spectacle, becoming a master showman who toured internationally until
1903.
B/w photograph of Annie Oakley from the chest up in a white blouse and jacket. This
photo is especially unusual because it shows her without the rows of shooting medals
that she often wore. Anything signed by Oakley is exceedingly rare.
Photograph mount signed: "Compliments. of/Annie. Oakley." on verso. B/w, 4¼x6½ overall,
image 4x5½ (two surfaces). Photograph by Gray, 1030 Tremont St., Boston (imprint at lower
margin). Oakley (1860-1926, born Phoebe Anne Moses in Darke County, Ohio), was born to
a Quaker family and began to shoot rabbits and quail at age nine. Within five years, she was a
breadwinner for her family as a markswoman, and, at age 15, she saved her family's farm
with income she had earned from shooting game. On August 23, 1876, at age 16, Annie
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, where Annie was a star for 17 years. The
five-foot-tall Oakley got her name "Little Sure Shot" from Sitting Bull and used it in
her promotional materials. In 1901, she and her husband decided to retire from public life.
McLeod signs a document detailing the expenses and commitments required of a guide
on an upcoming fur trapping trip.
Partly Printed DS: "A.N. McLeod", 1p, 6½ x 11¾. Montreal, Canada, 1820 October 20. In
French, translated. In full: "BEFORE THE NOTARIES of the Province of Lower-Canada in
Montreal, residing there, undersigned: was present Joseph Alexis Jeussaume de Rigaute
Who has voluntarily committed himself and commits himself by these presents to
Messrs. William McGillivray, Simon McGillivray, Archibald Norman McLeod,
Thomas Thain, and Henry Mackenzie, of Montreal, Merchants and associates, under
the name of McTAVISH, McGILLIVRAYS & Co.…"
The former Civil War Union general accepts the invitation of Ohio Senator John
Sherman to act as Marshal for the Ceremonies at the dedication of the Washington
Monument.
Manuscript LS: "P.H. Sheridan" as Lieutenant General, 1½p, 7½ x 9¾ lined sheet, front
and verso (hinged to show both sides of letter). Washington, D.C., 1884 December 12. On
letterhead of Headquarters, Army of the United States to Hon. John Sherman, U.S. Senate.
Begins: "My dear Sir". In full: "I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of
December 11th. communicating the resolution unanimously adopted by the Commission,
inviting me to 'act as Marshal on the day of the ceremonies, to arrange the details of
the procession and assign to the different organizations their places in the line.'
Accepting with pleasure the duty thus assigned me, I beg that you will convey to the
commission my high appreciation of the distinguished honor conferred upon me.…"
Letter to his wife about their old ranch in Roswell, New Mexico; with
envelope incorporating a second signature.
ALS: "P.F. Garrett", 3p, 6x8½. Roswell, N.M., 1893 July 16. To his
wife. In full: "This is Sunday evening. I got here Thursday and find this
country dryer than I ever saw it. Everything looks bad. The cattle are dieing
(sic) and everything has a desolate appearance. I went out to our old
place this morning. It looks about as it did when we left except the
cotton-woods have grown considerable, the grape vine (sic) are loaded
with grapes and look well but the Peach trees look bad several have died. I find
the Horses in bad shape. Garvey has sold and stole them so that there are not a
great many left. I will begin to gather them tomorrow and am going to sell for
some price. I intend to close out all we have here. So I will never have to come
to this country again. I cant tell yet when I will get home. Write me at once
and let me know how you all are getting along. If you had come with me this trip
you would never want to see this country again. Mr. Coburn died yesterday and
was buried this morning. All of the old settlers want to leave this country and
say we acted wise in selling out and leaving. Captain Len told me that he was
anxious to get away from here. Mr. Ballard's foals are all well.…"
The adventerous author signs "Ned Buntline, Ready for Game" on a photograph of
himself holding hunting rifle.
Photograph signed: "'Ned Buntline,'/Ready for Game." Sepia, 4¼ x 6¼ overall, image 3¾ x
5¼ (one surface). Studio photograph by Sarony of New York, signed with his penname.
A nautical term for the rope at the bottom of a square sail, the name Buntline was adopted from
his youthful navy days. Soldier, adventurer, and writer Edward Z.C. Judson (1823-1886) had
developed his sensational literary style in the 1840s, when he began submitting
exaggerated accounts of his adventures to "Knickerbocker Magazine". Arrested, shot at
and even hung once (someone cut the rope), in 1869, Judson "discovered" Western scout
William F. Cody, nicknamed him Buffalo Bill and exploited his adventures in books
and plays. Earlier, Judson had helped organize the anti-foreign, anti-labor American
Party, better known, thanks to Judson, as the Know-Nothing Party (1850-1856). By the
1870s, with hunting and fishing as his primary pastimes, the shooting, wild author of nearly
400 novellas, termed "dime novels", had settled down with his fourth wife in Stamford,
New York.
4¼x6½ cabinet card photo, signed both as W.F. Cody and as Buffalo
Bill
Cabinet Card Photograph signed: "W.F. Cody/'Buffalo Bill'". B/w,
4¼x6½. Superb portrait of William F. Cody with his desirable double
signature. Photographer's imprint, "Gessford/238 Fifth Ave./N.Y.", at lower
mount. William Frederick Cody (1846-1917) was a rider for the Pony Express
in 1860, a scout for the Kansas Cavalry against the Indians (1863) and served in
the U.S. Army in the Civil War (1863-1865). From 1867-1868, he furnished buffalo
meat for the Union Pacific Railroad construction crews, earning his nickname,
"Buffalo Bill". Cody was a scout for the 5th U.S. Cavalry from 1868-1872 and in
1876. From 1872-1883, he was on stage as an actor at first in E.Z.C. Judson's
play, Scouts of the Plains. He organized Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in
1883 and toured the United States and Europe successfully for over 30 years.
Fine condition.
Lindbergh's driver's license application signed by him twice and
notarized, only three months before the kidnapping of his infant son. In the
year after the kidnapping, with the baby found dead but no suspect yet
apprehended, the New Jersey Motor Vehicles Commissioner (and future Governor)
Harold Hoffman sent this application to a radio station which was closely
following the case. Hoffman, later unmasked as a criminal himself, meddled
extensively in the kidnapping case.
Document signed twice: "C. A. Lindbergh", 2 pages
(front and verso), 3¾x5. Mercer County, New Jersey, 1931 December 29. New
Jersey Automobile Driver's Renewal Application, filled out by Lindbergh himself,
giving his address (Hopewell, New Jersey) and physical description. He gives New
York City as his place of (self) employment, and attests that he has never had
his license revoked or suspended, nor had he been refused a license. Signed and
attested as truthful by Lindbergh on verso and notarized by "Edward R.
Whitehead". Light vertical crease at center (not affecting signatures).
Signatures slightly smudged (still legible). Lightly worn at edges. Otherwise,
fine condition.
Accompanied by 1 page Typed Letter signed:
"Harold G. Hoffman" as Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Trenton, New
Jersey, 1933 January 26.
ALS to husband Wyatt's personal secretary, John Flood, who was trying
unsuccessfully to write an authorized biography of the famous lawman. Frequent
mention of actor William S. Hart ("Bill"), a close friend of Wyatt Earp.
Autograph Letter signed: "E", 3 pages (front and verso), 6½x10½.
Vidal (California), 1927 March 15. To "Dear Mr. [John]
Flood". In full: "Very glad to get your nice letter and
clippings. I was just thinking what had happened to you. Well Mr. E. is at camp
doing some assessment work, so I am here with my two nieces. Weather windy not
very nice for the last two weeks. Lots of surveyors here for the L.A. water.
Fill a barn just now. I have never seen so many people here at one time before.
Brunnels are very busy. Well, now about our little affair. Will you please call
up or write to Bill. Yes I think it is better to write to him. Tell him what I
think - what I mean by I, all of us think it just the right thing to do to hold
it back until we can get together and talk it over. I am enclosing all letters
from the first on Bill wrote us. I wrote and told you I had put them away for
safe keeping, but luckily I have found them and am sending them to you.
[Items not included.] And please keep them until we come to L. A.…"
The original, hand-written note authorizing John Condon to act on their behalf during
the 1932 ransom investigation of their kidnapped son!
Charles Lindbergh was America's hero. The "Lone Eagle's" intrepid voyage across the Atlantic,
in 1927, inspired a public loyalty to Lindbergh that endured long after the flight's successful
conclusion. In terms of aviation, Lindbergh did not rest on his laurels following his famed
Atlantic crossing. He continued to blaze new airborne trails, often accompanied by his wife,
Anne (1906-2001). Lindbergh (1902-1974) was more than just the first man to fly the Atlantic
alone. His solo journey captured the imagination of an adoring public on numerous
psychological levels. That his quest was bold and daring, and thus resonant with the nation's
collective spirit of adventure, is obvious. The consequences of his success were equally clear.
Lindbergh was revered as a national hero, given the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army Air
Corps, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and the first Distinguished Flying Cross,
and immersed in opportunities to leverage his new fame into wealth. As the voice of radio
developed during this period, the nation tuned in as much for news of Lindbergh as to indulge its
fascination with the new medium.
Rare sepia-toned photo of a middle-aged Younger, one of Quantrill's Raiders during
the American Civil War, and a member of the James-Younger gang.
Inscribed photograph mount signed "To/W. A. Bell./Yours Truly/Cole Younger". B/w
sepia-toned, 4¼x7¼ photo affixed to an 8x12 sheet of brown cardstock. Younger
(1844-1916) was one of Quantrill's Raiders, a notorious band of American Civil War
guerillas, as well as a member of the James-Younger Gang with Frank and Jesse
James. Younger, a Missourian, joined William Quantrill after Union-supported bandits from
Kansas killed his father. He participated in Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas, one of
the worst atrocities of the war, in which about 180 people were killed. After the war,
Younger became an outlaw with brothers James, John and Robert, later joining the James
brothers, who had also been members of Quantrill's Raiders. He may have felt forced into
crime; a new state constitution passed after the Civil War severely curtailed the rights of former
Confederate sympathizers. Younger robbed trains and banks and murdered policemen
and civilians from at least 1868 until Sept. 7, 1876. On that day, the James-Younger Gang
tried to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota.
The only surviving Dalton Gang member writes a letter to a publisher regarding facts
surrounding his supposed shooting from the hip and the use of two guns.
Typed letter signed: "Emmett Dalton", black ink, 1p, 8½ x 11. Hollywood, California, June
15, 1935. To Mr. C.W. Mowre/Dell Publications/New York City. In full: "Dear Mr.
Mowre:/Thank you for the two all western magazines you sent me last week. You
certainly gave me a large spriad (sic) this time. Its all appreciated if you never get paid.
"Chuch" told me that you had sent him a fan letter, last issue, giving me the devil for
saying the Pine Pinyons were on the Salt River, etc. Then, last week Mr. McBride, who
works on the L.A. Times here called my hand for saying in the last all western about
faning a gun, shooting from the hip and the two-gun man. He said "I thought you claimed
there was never such a man as that." Of course, he was a very good friend of mine and I
very easily talked him out of "When The Daltons Rode" and told him to use it as a
reference. I was too sick to read the articles at that time but you will not find any of that
two-gun bunk, shooting from the hip or gun faning, any where in "When The Daltons
Rode.
Rare, signed, sepia-toned photograph of Annie Oakley holding a double-barreled
shotgun in a gloved hand. Materials signed by Oakley are extremely rare and desirable!
Photograph mount signed "Annie. Oakley.". B/w sepia-toned, 3¾x5½ photo mounted on a
4¼x6½ card with rounded edges. Cabinet card photograph by Baker's Art Gallery, Columbus,
Ohio. Oakley (1860-1926, born Phoebe Anne Moses in Darke County, Ohio), was born to a
Quaker family and began to shoot rabbits and quail at age nine. Within five years, she was a
breadwinner for her family as a markswoman, and, at age 15, she saved her family's farm
with income she had earned from shooting game. On August 23, 1876, at age 16, Annie
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, where Annie was a star for 17 years. The
five-foot-tall Oakley got her name "Little Sure Shot" from Sitting Bull and used it in
her promotional materials. In 1901, she and her husband decided to retire from public life.
However, shooting was in her blood, and the Butlers continued to make appearances around
the country.
"Lucky Lindy" talks about flying Jennies and why he dislikes reunions,
ceremonies and dinners.
TLS: "Charles", 1p, 8½x11. Germany,
1963 March 19. To Joe. On blue light-weight stationery. In full:
"This is an awfully late answer to your January letter. My mail is always
hopelessly stacked up, literally, and I have taken taken (sic) some of it abroad
with me in the hope of catching up a bit at least with the letters I want most
to write. It is really good of you to invite me to the reunion of the 110th
Observation Squadron, and I do have a very close feeling toward the Squadron --
I often think of the old days flying 'Jennies' at Lambert Field. But Joe, I
think reunions are for those who like them (and may God bless them). To me,
reunions are pretty awful; they always detract from qualities of memory which I
prefer to leave to the past where I think they belong and have the greatest
value. Also, I like to live quietly and to concentrate on my work and interests.
I realized, many years ago, that this kind of life was simply not compatible
with ceremonies and dinners, for one led to another and there seemed to be no
end. With the exception of two in Washington, which came under the 'private'
category, and which were more or less unavoidable, it is now close to a decade
since I have attended a formal dinner.…"Explorers & Western Americana | Poems
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CAPTAIN JACK "THE POET SCOUT" CRAWFORD - AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED 03/07/1914 - HFSID 174450He pens this poem dated in 1914, adding his signature Autograph Poem Signed: "J.W. Crawford/'(Capt Jack)'", 1p, 5x7½. Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1914 March 7. Headed: "Greeting:".Sale Price $595.00
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CAPTAIN JACK "THE POET SCOUT" CRAWFORD - INSCRIBED AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED - HFSID 262724He pens this poem in black ink to an admirer Autograph Poem inscribed and signed: "Yours Truly/J.W. Crawford/Capt Jack" in pencil, 1p, 5¼x8. Headed: "Acrostical/To Mary". In full: "May angels bless thee Mary,/And keep you in their Care.…"
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