Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

directed by William K. L. Dickson, 1860-1935; produced by William K. L. Dickson, 1860-1935, Thomas A. Edison (District of Columbia: Thomas A. Edison, 1894), 22 secs

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Abstract / Summary
Annie Oakley was probably the most famous marksman/woman in the world when this short clip was produced in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Barely five feet tall, Annie was always associated with the wild west, although she was born in 1860 as Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee (or Moses)in Darke County, Ohio. Nevertheless, she was a staple in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and similar wild west companies. Because of her diminutive stature, she was billed as 'Little Sure Shot.' The man assisting her is this appearance is probably her husband, Frank E. Butler. Annie had outshot Butler (a famous dead-eye marksman himself) in a shooting contest in the 1880s. Instead of nursing his bruised ego because he had been thoroughly outgunned by a woman, Butler fell in love, married Little Sure Shot, and became her manager. Theirs was a solid and happy marriage that lasted 44 years, and when Annie died on November 3, 1926, at age 66, a heartbroken Butler followed her to the grave 18 days later.
Field of Interest
American History
Director
William K. L. Dickson, 1860-1935
Content Type
Archival footage
Duration
22 secs
Format
Video
Original Release Date
1894
Producer
William K. L. Dickson, 1860-1935
Producer - Institution
Thomas A. Edison
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Place Published / Released
District of Columbia
Release Date
1894
Subject
American History, History, American Studies, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876-1913), Firearms, Family and Culture, A Gilded Age e a Reconstrução (1876-1913), La Edad Dorada y la Época Progresista (1876-1913), Annie Oakley, 1860-1926, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
Keywords and Translated Subjects
A Gilded Age e a Reconstrução (1876-1913), La Edad Dorada y la Época Progresista (1876-1913)

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