Buffalo Bill
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William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. One of the most famous figures of the American Old West, Cody began performing at the age of 2
Buffalo Bill in 1911
A portrait of Cody
Cody and his four sisters c. 1890
Cody in 1864 at the age of 19
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.
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…in the show. For example, Sitting Bull appeared with a band of 20 of his soldiers. Cody's headline performers were well known in their own right. Annie Oakley and her husband, Frank Butler, were sharpshooters, together with the likes of Gabriel Dumont and Lillian Smith. Performers re-enacted the riding of the…
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