1890, Rome, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show - Photographer:Giuseppe  Primoli (1851-1927).1890, Rome, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show - Photographer:Giuseppe  Primoli (1851-1927).

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                          Older gent photo of husband Frank Butler.                



"Annie Oakley could hit anything with a gun that anyone else could, and then some."
- quoted in Missie, An Historical Biography of Annie Oakley, by Annie Fern Swartwout, Blanchester, Ohio: Brown Publishing Company, 1947.
 

Happy 150th Birthday, Annie -  America's 1st Female Superstar - August 13th 1860 !


Video of Annie in Action - November 1st 1894 - from Edison's Black Maria Studios

More Information about Edison's Black Maria Studios from Wikipedia

Annie Oakley - A European Shooting Star - Sequence from ANNIE OAKLEY (60 min. PBS "American Experience", 2006). Produced and directed by Riva Freifeld.
 

"Aim at a high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the third.  But keep on aiming
and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect.  Finally you'll hit the bull's-eye of success."  Annie Oakley

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