BUFFALO BILL MONTAGE POSTER

Six classic show posters from the span of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show years. Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's amazing talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar. Using a .22 caliber rifle at 90 feet Oakley reputedly could split a playing card edge-on and put five or six more holes in it before it touched the ground. "Little Sure Shot," Buffalo Bill's star attraction. Gordon William Lillie (1860 to 1942) became famous as the Wild West showman and performer Pawnee Bill. In 1908 Pawnee Bill and Buffalo Bill joined forces and created the Two Bills show. That show was foreclosed on when it was playing in Denver, Colorado. After the show closed, Lillie returned to his ranch to live full time. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory (now the American state of Iowa), near Le Claire. He was one of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872. William F. Cody died of kidney failure on January 10, 1917, surrounded by family and friends at his sister's house in Denver.