MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: cowgirl

This is a photo of either my mother (Margaret, the eldest kid in the family) or her sister Geraldine (next eldest girl), probably taken in the early 1930s in Leelanau County, Michigan. I found it in a book after my mother died, so I really don't know much about it. I'm sure that they didn't own a pony -- they had enough trouble feeding six kids during the Depression. My guess is that there was some kind of traveling Wild West show, and kids could put on hats and chaps and have their pictures taken on a bucking pony.

Back of postcard reads: Nicknamed "Little Miss Sure Shot," Annie traveled many years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Her accuracy with rifle and pistol astounded thousands who flocked to see the show. She once shot a cigarette from the mouth of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.

Back of postcard reads: Martha Jane Canarray was born in Princeton, Mo. The hard drinking woman wore men's clothing, used their bawdy language, chewed tobacco and was handy with a gun. She traveled from Arizona through the Dakota territories during her rough life. At her death, the "White Devil of the Yellowstone" was remembered as a saint by the citizens of Deadwood, where she helped nurse the sick during a smallpox plague. She is buried near Wild Bill Hickok at Deadwood, S.D.