The Many Faces of Billy the Kid |
Billy's Mother, any resemblence? |
# 6: Las Vegan Terry Donahue found an 1873 photograph of notorious outlaw Billy the Kid at a Las Vegas rummage sale. The portrait, one of five known to exist, could be worth as much as $100,000. Research proves "(the picture) is about 2.4 million-to-1 that of Billy the Kid," Donahue said, explaining that only one other person in 2.4 million people could have features identical to those of Billy the Kid. During Bonney's era, fewer than 1.8 million men lived in the West. |
# 8: The owner of tintype, Ray John de Aragon of Las Vegas, N.M., said it was passed down from his great-grandmother, who according to family history was a medical women who treated the fugitive and became his friend. Thomas Kyle of Los Alamos, a former government intelligence specialist, said his computer analysis of the image shows combined facial and physical characteristics that would exist only once in 1.8 million people. Western historian and Billy the Kid authority Robert Utley of Moose, Wyoming, said unless someone can prove otherwise, he will accept he portrait as genuine. |
It looks like Billy the Kid may not have been as camera-shy as everyone thought. |
# 4: From John W. McNellis' Pat Garrett Collection. |
# 3: From the Ray John de Aragon Collection. |
# 5: From the Chuck Anegan Collection. |
And of course |
# 9 The Lincoln Heritage Trust, owns this original Billy the Kid photo. |
# 2 Anyone with information please send me an Email. |
# 1 Anyone with information please send me an Email. |