The famous rifle and trap shot, Miss Annie Oakley, of Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" show, will shoot a return match against John L. Brewer, at Point Breeze Park, on Thursday, March 24; Hurlingham rules, fifty live birds each; Brewer to stand at thirty yards and Miss Oakley at twenty-four yards; one ounce shot. Stages meet cars at Broad and Jackson every half hour.
Title: Untitled [The famous rifle and trap shot, Miss Annie Oakley]
Source: Buffalo Bill Center of the West; MS6, William F. Cody collection, MS6.3681.002.02 (Oakley scrapbook)
Date: March 1887
Keywords: Drawings and graphics Firearms Sharpshooters Shooting contests 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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