William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Title: Untitled [Annie Oakley, a modest young lady]

Periodical: The Birmingham & Aston Chronicle

Date: May 7, 1887

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Annie Oakley, a modest young lady of twenty-one years of age, has obtained a wonderful reputation for her accuracy with the rifle. She has made the highest 1,000 ball record—984.

Title: Untitled [Annie Oakley, a modest young lady]

Periodical: The Birmingham & Aston Chronicle

Source: Buffalo Bill Center of the West; MS6, William F. Cody collection, MS6.3681.003.09 (Oakley scrapbook)

Date: May 7, 1887

Keywords: Firearms Rifles Sharpshooters Targets (Shooting) Traveling exhibitions

People: Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926

Sponsor: This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Geraldine W. & Robert J. Dellenback Foundation.

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The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill