The Many Faces of Billy the Kid

Some 126 years ago, a traveling photographer snapped a picture in the remote frontier community of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, that would become one of the most famous and most valuable photographs in history. It was not well produced, and the young cowboy who posed for it was not impressive looking. He appeared unprepared to have his picture taken, although when the opportunity came, which was not often at that time and place, he stood in front of the camera, perhaps at the urging of compan