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What do you know about the photo of Billy the Kid in the Caldwell, Kansas, museum?

by | Jan 8, 2011 | Inside History

I have seen a photo of Billy the Kid in a Caldwell, Kansas, museum. It shows him with other cowboys from a nearby ranch. What do you know about this picture? Greg Elliott Park City, Kansas A number of photos claim to depict Billy the Kid, but the only one with provenance is the famous one where he is posing with a rifle. Most of the well-known Old West figures had several look-alikes. So it’s not unusual for a museum (or anyone else for that matter) to believe it possesses a photo of a note


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