Lot 722
[WILD WEST SHOWS]. Miss Annie Oakley, "Little Miss Sure-Shot," Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Woodburytype cabinet card. [England: ca 1890s].
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021
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Live / Cincinnati
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[WILD WEST SHOWS]. Miss Annie Oakley, "Little Miss Sure-Shot," Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Woodburytype cabinet card. [England: ca 1890s].
3 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. Woodburytype on cardstock mount (deep and rich tones, small amount of residue near one medal; some spotting to mount). Title and Woodburytype copyright statement printed to mount recto. A lengthy biography of Oakley printed to mount verso.
In this portrait, made during one of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show tours of England in the early 1890s, Annie Oakley confidently poses, wearing several of her sharpshooting medals on her jacket.
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