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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSTSNq5dOM

• Performer: Annie Oakley.

• Camera, William Heise.

• Filmed November 1, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio.

Shooting little gal. Puts me to shame, easily enough.

Very cool.

My hero. She was one in a million.

Been an Annie Oakley fans for years.
Having said that, does anyone think this is a childhood photo of her?

Very cool and only a little frightening. Time to buy a Garden Gun and start practicing.... btw I am not sure if she ever owned a Henry:

https://www.annieoakleycenterfoundation.com/faq4.html

John Davies
Spokane WA

Photo sure looks like her.

The photo is her as an adult. Her childhood years were pretty rough. She grew up in poverty, so I doubt she could have splurged on a photo. She was a small woman, only 5 feet tall.

I doubt that she was considered to be small by her peers, in 1880 the average male was 5’5” and the female was 5’1”. Poor nutrition was certainly a major factor, but also frequent widespread epidemics like cholera, combined with horrible personal and food hygiene and very bad medical practices were mostly to blame. (Read “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair .... yikes!)

I am not sure of the exact origin of her nickname “Little Miss Sure Shot”, which Sitting Bull called her. Some of the Plains Indian tribes like the Sioux and Cheyenne were quite tall (comparatively) from their high protein diet (buffalo).... and I am sure most white women would have looked little to them.

John Davies
Spokane WA

Very true, John. Thanks.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/20 ... n-dollars/

John Davies
Spokane WA

Nice!

That is quite a chunk of lumber there. Like shouldering grandma's coffee table...