Posted on 02/25/2024 2:11:25 PM PST by Red Badger
Old West Ping! Billy the Kid playing Croquet!..............
Yeah, right after that pic though he beat that other guy to death with his croquet mallet.
There was a film titled “Old Henry” about Billy in his later years raising a son on a farm. I caught it on Netflix. It was quite entertaining.
Yeah, right after that pic though he beat that other guy to death with his croquet mallet.
The photographer high tailed it out of there before his beating.
Funny how the only part of the image that is blurred is Billy’s face.
When I was a kid, I bought a 1943 COPPER penny, where the “3” looked about the same.
He was shot and killed at age 21 by Sheriff Pat Garrett.................
My guess is the pics are not authentic and the guy who bought them knows it
His face isn’t blurred.
lol
11/18/2017 10:32:29 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 47 replies
KRQE ^ | November 14, 2017 | Kim Vallez
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3606119/posts
Newly Discovered Billy the Kid Photograph Authenticated
10/12/2015 3:21:46 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 98 replies
madmimi.com ^ | october 5, 2015
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3347595/posts
It looks it, to me. More than the rest of the blow-up, or picture, and markedly so.
Gotta read the entire link I posted...Interesting..Experts have at it....
Gotta say, having no idea what made the photo so valuable, my first thought upon seeing it was ‘That’s Billy the kid’…
I watched a documentary on this guy a few years ago. The verification process started by finding the shack in the background. I believe it was either the Tunstell or McSween Ranch. Also I believe they identified a number of the regulators by description, as well as Sally Chisolm who was easier to identify.
my link at 13 has the story of the picture. fun read
>>raising a son on a farm<p<
Hico, Texas?
Publius was not claiming the film was a documentary. In the film - and Publius is right, it is very entertaining - Billy the Kid has been hiding out for decades living under a false name on a quiet out-of-the-way farm.
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