Annie Oakley signed 1.5 X 5.5 receipt dated 1888. Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 – November 26, 1926). In her early teens, Annie Oakley started hunting game for a grocery store. She earned so much from her skills that by the time she was 15, Her dad was able to pay off the mortgage on her mother's home. Oakley met Native American leader Sitting Bull in 1884, and he was so impressed with her manner and abilities that he "adopted" her and bestowed upon her the additional name "Little Sure Shot." Oakley joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885. She toured with the show for more than a decade and a half, with Oakley receiving the spotlight. Audiences were wowed. She could shoot off the end of a cigarette held in her husband's lips, hit the thin edge of a playing card from 30 paces and shoot distant targets while looking into a mirror. She would also shoot holes through cards thrown into the air before they landed, inspiring the practice of punching holes in a free event ticket being referred to as an "Annie Oakley." W.F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" At one-time the best-paid performer in the land, Cody died penniless in 1917. During his lifetime and in the years since, he has had his share of debunkers and supporters. Cody’s real achievements and his glorious lies or embellishments have become as entangled as a semi-wild Longhorn in a barbed-wire fence. William Cody will remain standing on the hilltop waving a Medal of Honor in one hand and a Wild West poster in the other. “For generations of Americans and Europeans,” writes Louis S. Warren in his 652-page biography of a man who was part hero, part charlatan and as entertaining as all get-out, “Buffalo Bill defined the meaning of American history and American identity. From California to Maine, and from Wales to Ukraine, crowds who came to see Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show spoke so widely and fervently about it for years afterward that it became a defining cultural memory, or dream, of America.” This item has been professionally custom matted and framed and comes with a letter of authenticity issued by Autograph Certification Experts.

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