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Oakley, Annie.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:3,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Oakley, Annie.
&#40;1860-1926&#41; American markswoman. She toured vaudeville circuits and circuses with her husband Frank E. Butler, whom she married in 1876 after besting him in a shooting contest. She starred in Buffalo Bill&#39;s Wild West Show &#40;1885-1902&#41;. Autograph Letter Signed &#34;<I>Annie Oakley Butler</I>,&#34; 1 p, 6½x5¼&#34;, n.p., n.d. Fine; three tape remnants on verso. To Mr. Waldo C. Moore of Lewisburg, Ohio, enclosing a check to him and telling him that she is placing his &#34;<I>one cent check in my scrap book</I>.&#34; Annie was born in Darke County, Ohio. According to a penciled note on the back of the integral leaf, Mr. Moore was a banker with whom Annie Oakley exchanged checks.