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Looking for Billy the Kid

WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787
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I have a project needing a portrayal of Billy the Kid. Anyone have any good links I can use? If it's to another store, send the privately, off thread. 

Thanks.

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  • mrblutarskymrblutarsky Posts: 0

    Not really sure what's meant by "portrayal". If you seek something like a resonably historically accurate image I wish you the best of luck; there is no such thing. You heard it here first, but the $2.3million portrait "photo" of him bought by that Krotch guy is bogus and has never been truly authenticated. It was used in Garrett's book on BtK so it's ass.u.me-d to be gospel. But that image had been previously published in a pulp magazine, so it was in public domain at the time. Copyright laws in those days were  n o t h i n g  like they are today. If you're thinking something like a movie/literary portrayal, you'll need still more luck. Regard them  a l l  as being as historically accurate as a Disney animated feature. The "history" books vary greatly, and should be chosen with great care. Please know that  99.9% of what's on the web is bunk. Do not get suckered into it. Please  d o  know that the Kid is one of the most unfairly maligned individuals in all of American history.

    Best regards,

    Dave Snell

    Tucson

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