[Wild West Shows]. Trade card and photograph featuring Annie Oakley and Frank Butler.

Annie Oakley Rides The Sterling Bicycle Built Like a Watch. 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. printed trade card featuring depiction of Annie Oakley on a bicycle at center, taking aim at an unseen target with her rifle (light soiling throughout). Provenance: Cowan's, Americana & Decorative Arts, 12 November 2003, Lot 502.

[With:] 5 x 7 in. silver gelatin photograph of Annie Oakley shooting targets thrown in the air by her husband Frank Butler at the Polo Grounds in New York, ca 1910. Annie is using a Remington Model 12 .22 caliber pump. Ink stamp on verso, "Photograph By Brown Brothers 220 West 42nd St. New York City." Likely a press photograph as indicated by the inked and penciled notes in the margins and on verso (occasional soiling, some light creasing throughout, paper clip impression to upper margin, edge and corner wear, tape residue on verso). Provenance: Cowan's, Americana & Decorative Arts, 12 November 2003, Lot 500.

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[Wild West Shows]. Trade card and photograph featuring Annie Oakley and Frank Butler.

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