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Annie Oakley
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A New Dictionary of Eponyms
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- Morton S. Freeman
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Copyright information© A New Dictionary of Eponyms 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information)
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Annie Oakley
An Annie Oakley is a complimentary ticket to a theater. The ticket has holes punched in it to prevent its exchange for cash at the box office. This oddity came about in an unusual way.
Annie Oakley (1860–1926), born in Darke County, Ohio, was the stage name for Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee. Annie was probably the greatest female sharpshooter ever. She got her professional start when, at the urging of friends, she entered a shooting match in Cincinnati pitting Frank E. Butler, a vaudeville marksman, against all comers. Butler gave no thought to this fifteen-year-old girl who dared compete with him. But upon seeing Annie's first shot, he paid strict attention. ...
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Garst Museum opens Annie Oakley Center Two rooms, hallway feature items,...
Dayton Daily News;
August 4, 2005 ;
Beth Sears For the Dayton Daily News;
492 words
...GREENVILLE -- The Annie Oakley collection at the...Museum opened the Annie Oakley Center. The display...public collection of Annie Oakley material," curator...Museum has housed an Annie Oakley collection for years...tells the story of Annie Oakley's Darke ...
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"LITTLE SURE SHOT": The Saga of Annie Oakley
Humanities;
May 1, 2006 ;
Kim-Brown, Caroline;
787 words
......known about the real Annie Oakley, an intensely private...Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. She was their star...Gloria Swanson. It was Annie Oakley, the greatest rifle...There was only one." Annie Oakley, an American Experience...could ever imagine. Annie ...
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Annie Oakley[R]: nature in a bottle[R]. (A Special Section To Gifts &...
Gifts & Decorative Accessories;
March 1, 2002 ;
388 words
...It's hard to believe the Annie Oakley Perfumery began on Renee Gabet...Gabet. Truly an American original, Annie Oakley perfumery is one of the few companies...and bottles it own fragrances. Annie Oakley Perfumery offers a full product...
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Annie Oakley
Archive Photos;
January 1, 1995 ;
114 words
...Archive Photos 01-01-1995 Annie Oakley Sharpshooter Annie Oakley wears an uncharacteristically...with Buffalo Bills Wild West show in the late 1800s. She has...entertainers. Sharpshooter Annie Oakley wears an uncharacteristically...with Buffalo Bills Wild West ...
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YOU CAN'T GET A MAN WITH A GUN-BUT YOU CAN GET AN AUDIENCE: MARKETING...
The Journal of American Drama and Theatre;
April 1, 2006 ;
Joyce, Valerie M;
787 words
......the mind of popular audiences. Little Annie Oakley, the legendary cowgirl sharpshooter...transforming into fact. The persona of Annie Oakley has inspired plays, musicals, films...or skills. This is not the case with Annie Oakley, for historians do not contest her marksmanship...
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Being Annie Oakley: Modern Girls, New World Woman
Frontiers;
January 1, 2007 ;
McGrath, Ann;
787 words
......for New World play, little girls in Annie Oakley outfits domesticated and settled the...narratives of New World conquest, the Annie Oakley character's embodiment of "frontier...transformative, convergent persona harnessed by Annie Oakley gear. In the mid-twentieth century...
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Annie Oakley (5 stars out of 5): A PBS program captures the complexity of...
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);
May 8, 2006 ;
613 words
......Annie Get Your Gun. Sharpshooter Annie Oakley scored a bull's-eye in winning...important clues to her character in Annie Oakley, which American Experience presents...s farm. The true love story of Annie and Frank Butler will surprise anyone who has seen Annie Get Your Gun, ...
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The wild, wild (Mid)West: TARGETING THE MYSTERIOUS ANNIE OAKLEY.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);
July 11, 2006 ;
787 words
......most astonishing fact about Annie Oakley may be this: She wasn't...with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show she lived and then she died...Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom...real-life, flesh-and-blood Annie Oakley -- and her real ...
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COUNTRY SUPERSTAR FINDS SOULMATE IN ANNIE OAKLEY.(LIVING)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);
February 8, 2001 ;
373 words
......Your Gun'' has brought Ms. McEntire, as Annie Oakley, to Broadway until the end of May. Ms...around her neck. The performer has played Annie Oakley once before - in 1995 in ''Buffalo Girls...so weird - the similarities between Annie Oakley and myself,'' Ms. McEntire says, rattling...
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Wild West Show
The New York Public Library Book of Popular Americana;
Tad Tuleja;
87 words
...00-00-0000 Wild West Show Wild West Show A combination RODEO, traveling theater, and cowboy circus...holdups and buffalo hunts as well as regular appearances by Annie OAKLEY and SITTING BULL. A highlight was the owner's reenactment...
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'ANNIE OAKLEY' COMING TO HISTORIC TEA AT LONGACRE HOUSE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 15, 2007 ;
228 words
......on February 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. as "Annie Oakley" appears as the guest host and speaker. Annie Oakley will be portrayed by Charlotte Austin...history, and especially the stories of Annie Oakley. She may even give them a flash of her...
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FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF THE LEGENDARY ANNIE OAKLEY.(TRAVEL)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);
January 26, 1997 ;
685 words
......Buffalo Bill's ``Wild West Show.'' Yet Darke County memorials to Annie Oakley, one of its brightest...which has a collection of Annie Oakley memorabilia, says Annie...William F. Cody himself. Annie Oakley died Nov. 26, 1926, and...
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This Annie Oakley is just a little bit off target
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;
August 7, 2007 ;
Julie Kistler;
328 words
......and times of Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley, comes in many shapes and sizes. There...time, and the role of Frank Butler, Annie Oakley's rival and romantic interest, gets...has one big weapon - Kate Tombaugh as Annie Oakley - and that gives the show some firepower...
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Annie Oakley's aim brought her much fame.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);
January 20, 2002 ;
419 words
......Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show was actually born and raised in Greenville, Ohio. Annie Oakley (1860-1926) was born Phoebe...the couple joined the Wild West Show, but Butler quickly stepped...had started his famous Wild West Show in 1883. In a very short...it. Oakley ...
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PBS DISPELS ANNIE OAKLEY MYTHS.(Living)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);
May 8, 2006 ;
490 words
......never missed the mark. The fascinating biography of Annie Oakley, from Greenville Ohio, airs at 9 tonight on PBS stations...Experience series. The film puts to rest all the silly Annie Oakley myths ranging from the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun to a terrible TV series in the mid ...
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