Annie Oakley
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Annie Oakley was an American exhibition/trick shooter and folk heroine who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
Oakley in the 1880s
The Amateur Circus at Nutley (1894) by American illustrator Peter Newell. The scene depicted in the center is of Annie Oakley, standing on horseback, demonstrating her shooting ability.
Oakley c. 1899
Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster
Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
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Annie Get Your Gun is a 1946 musical with lyrics and music by Irving Berlin and a book by Dorothy Fields and her brother Herbert Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakle
Annie Oakley
…she reportedly answered, "but I am proud of America." Since her death in 1926, her story has been adapted for stage musicals and films, including Annie Get Your Gun. Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann "Annie" Mosey on August 13, 1860, in a log cabin less than two miles (3.2 km) northwest of Woodland, now Willowdell…
Broadway 1946 Original Cast Album