tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post8097284648824552465..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Annie Oakley - marksman, actress, feministHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-87139611711983678212017-12-20T11:40:12.897+11:002017-12-20T11:40:12.897+11:00bazza
my brothers were younger and less sophistic...bazza<br /><br />my brothers were younger and less sophisticated than me :) They loved the clowns "Zig and Zag" which started in 1957. I loved Perry Mason, Lassie and and Dragnet.<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67812727815521027672017-12-19T05:43:32.717+11:002017-12-19T05:43:32.717+11:00I also remember Muffin the Mule, William Tell, The...I also remember Muffin the Mule, William Tell, The Cisco Kid and The Lone Ranger but we didn't really see much of Skippy!bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83206656623563163562017-12-18T22:50:18.846+11:002017-12-18T22:50:18.846+11:00LSK
Since most of my contemporaries came to Austr...LSK<br /><br />Since most of my contemporaries came to Australia with their parents in the 1948-52 era, I am not surprised that many families were still struggling to cover the rent by the late 1950s. TV was such a luxury then that the choice of Annie Oakley was probably an inspired one. Helsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-51391493109899410272017-12-18T18:27:12.572+11:002017-12-18T18:27:12.572+11:00My parents didn't have tv in those days. I do ...My parents didn't have tv in those days. I do not remember any of the tv series you and our contemporaries loved :( It was a deprived childhood :(LSKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31412811772306741282017-12-18T11:49:05.555+11:002017-12-18T11:49:05.555+11:00bazza
you got me thinking about which 1950s chara...bazza<br /><br />you got me thinking about which 1950s character/programme had the biggest impact on my young mind. I am going to propose The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-60). Not only was Richard Greene impossibly handsome; but the characters' interest in fairness, morality and anti-corruption met my parents' high socialist standards in life.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47176363351995813542017-12-17T18:52:01.686+11:002017-12-17T18:52:01.686+11:00Thinking back, Annie Oakley as portrayed in that T...Thinking back, Annie Oakley as portrayed in that TV series was probably my first crush. I can still remember the surprise when, later, I found out that she was a real person!<br />She seems to have been an extraordinary person and lived a full and worthwhile life, not letting poverty or calamity (and I don't mean Jane) stop her.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s comely Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5406218241466415442017-12-16T20:15:17.922+11:002017-12-16T20:15:17.922+11:00Don
au contraire. I am delighted grandpa's 19...Don<br /><br />au contraire. I am delighted grandpa's 1960s memoirs mentioned Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show MANY deccades earlier. Imagine the excitement of a young Glasgow lad, watching real Red Indians on horseback, buffaloes, prairie wagons etc for the first time! Clearly the excitement stayed with him, even as an elderly man.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-13121973475650702972017-12-16T18:33:38.255+11:002017-12-16T18:33:38.255+11:00In his memoirs written in the 1960's my Grandf...In his memoirs written in the 1960's my Grandfather wrote of being at "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show" at Glasgow with his Mother, Uncle & brothers about 1890; "Being at the impressionable age [10], we were thrilled to see real Red Indians, Buffaloes, Prairie wagons, mock attacks on the latter by Red Indians on horseback and the burning of the camp by them etc.". But although he will have witnessed Annie Oakley he unfortunately makes no mention of her! Don001https://www.blogger.com/profile/01616610232620567907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36288310845462689502017-12-16T12:33:01.073+11:002017-12-16T12:33:01.073+11:00Deb
Oakley was not a feminist because her sharp s...Deb<br /><br />Oakley was not a feminist because her sharp shooting skills, normally male, were sensational. Rather I was impressed with her views that women were as independent as men, that being a woman did not limit a person’s ability to hold any position in society or perform any activity. Not bad for a pre-WW1 career woman!<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-464463669240934702017-12-16T12:23:55.863+11:002017-12-16T12:23:55.863+11:00Andrew
I never quite trust historians to report o...Andrew<br /><br />I never quite trust historians to report on how citizens from one nation were received in other nations. It often depends on which side the historians are from. <br /><br />However I am fairly sure that Americans on these tours in Britain and Europe were VERY successful. Contemporary newspaper reports were excited about the displays, and the number of tickets sold increased and increased with each tour.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-1364650453219024122017-12-16T12:14:12.991+11:002017-12-16T12:14:12.991+11:00Parnassus
Thank you mentioning the importance of ...Parnassus<br /><br />Thank you mentioning the importance of Ohio, otherwise I wouldn't have known about the very large historical Garst Museum. The National Annie Oakley Centre is one of the core exhibitions in that museum.<br /><br />I think Australians have very mixed feelings about gun toting bushrangers (not performers like Annie Oakley). On one hand, we feel sympathetic towards oppressed Irishmen like Ned Kelly. On the other hand, bushrangers were chased by the police and tried for their criminal behaviours.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-65375945953133163662017-12-16T09:30:36.971+11:002017-12-16T09:30:36.971+11:00Go sister! I don't like guns either, but Annie...Go sister! I don't like guns either, but Annie showed that women could be as good as men. Not easily done when young women had to behave politely.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54465526600830392462017-12-16T07:45:50.418+11:002017-12-16T07:45:50.418+11:00Her life nicely recounted. It must have been quite...Her life nicely recounted. It must have been quite something then for Americans to tour in Britain and Europe, and perhaps not terribly easy either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-53282707841919374792017-12-16T06:33:33.479+11:002017-12-16T06:33:33.479+11:00Hello Hels, Annie Oakley was phenomenally famous ...Hello Hels, Annie Oakley was phenomenally famous in America (and apparently in Europe and England as well); no surprise that she came from Ohio! Her memorabilia is extremely valuable and collected, but a warning--I have seen many faked Annie Oakley photographs and other items on Ebay and otherwise for sale, usually with an attached suspicious story how it was recently found in an old album. <br /><br />In fact, I have used Oakley photographs when instructing people in the art of cognitive dissonance--first having a feeling that something is wrong, then using logic and research to expose these impositions. But of course what drives all this is that Annie Oakley was an amazing woman, and her talent and story still attract people to this day.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.com