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    Photo by Susan Einstein, Los Angeles, CA.
    multiple objects

Details
Object Name

outfit

Maker

Herman Iskin & Company, Inc.

Date

1950s

Materials

Cloth; cardboard; metal; cotton; felt

Credit Line

Autry Museum of the American West

Object ID

94.38.2

Institution

Autry Museum of the American West

Category

Art and Artifacts


Remarks

Girls red, blue and white cloth, cotton and metal costume (shirt, vest, skirt, gunbelt, holster, and gun) designed and manufactured by Herman Iskin & Company, Inc. circa 1950s. Red cotton shirt collar has white edging with white string ties that hang in front. Blue cloth vest has an image of Annie Oakley on each side of front; white fringe on bottom edge and along shoulder on front of vest; white edging along armhole edges and inner edge. White lettering on front of vest: ANNIE on right and OAKLEY on left. Blue cloth skirt has center portrait image of Annie Oakley and on each side is an image of Oakley on a rearing horse; white fringe along hem; button closure on back waist. In white lettering along bottom of skirt: ANNIE OAKLEY. 3/4-inch wide white belt with metal buckle and one holster with white upper. Holster has a black felt front with white flower at center. 5-1/2 inch long metal gun painted silver with raised image of a steer on each side of handle. In raised lettering on each side of gun above trigger: SMOKY.

Subject

Women in the American West (selected objects)

Women and the Romance of the West (selected objects)

Annie Oakley (selected objects)

Annie Oakley

costumes

Pictured

floral

cowgirls--rearing horse

Used

children

Publication

How the West was worn Holly George-Warren and Michelle Freedman ; foreword by Marty Stuart ; introduction by James H. Nottage. page 147

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