Untitled [Annie Oakley, a modest young lady]Johnston, JeremyChristianson, FrankSeefeldt, Douglas, 1964-This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Geraldine W. & Robert J. Dellenback Foundation.2018William F. Cody ArchiveUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnCenter for Digital Research in the Humanities319 Love LibraryUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, NE 68588-4100cdrh@unlnotes.unl.eduLincoln, NebraskaUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, NE 68588-4100wfc.nsp13197Untitled [Annie Oakley, a modest young lady]The Birmingham & Aston ChronicleBirmingham and Aston, EnglandMay 7, 1887Buffalo Bill Center of the West; MS6, William F. Cody collectionMS6.3681.003.09 (Oakley scrapbook)TextsNewspapersFirearmsRiflesSharpshootersTargets (Shooting)Traveling exhibitionsOakley, Annie, 1860-1926Weakly, Laura K. Initial encodingClark, L. Hanna, SamKinnen, Anna Roberts, Briana ProofreadingUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln Crowdsourcing (transcribe.unl.edu) TranscriptionTHE Birmingham & Aston Chronicle.SATURDAY, MAY 7th, 1887.
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.