Oct 22
Cowgirls of the Old West - Annie Oakley
Posted by: Chris Hails in Cartoon, Cowgirl, Western Icons 2 Comments »Annie Oakley was “the first American female superstar” according to her Wikipedia entry. Not bad for a girl born in a cabin in rural Ohio who suffered a fairly eventful childhood and honed her skills as a sharpshooter hunting game from the age of 9 to sell to neighbours to support her family.
Born Phoebe Ann Mosey, Annie Oakley took her stage name before joining Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in 1885 and became known as ‘The Little Sure Shot of the Wild West’.
Compare the Wild West Show promotional poster below then with the second image taken from a 1959 era comic ‘Wild Bill Hickock & Jingles #7‘ published by Charlton Comics:
